CVE-2022-4969: Buffer Overflow (CVSS 5.3)

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in bwoodsend rockhopper up to 0.1.2. Affected by this issue is the function count_rows of the file rockhopper/src/ragged_array.c of the component Binary Parser. The manipulation of the argument raw leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. Upgrading to version 0.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 1a15fad5e06ae693eb9b8908363d2c8ef455104e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-266312.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-120 CWE-120

References

Other References

https://github.com/bwoodsend/rockhopper/commit/1a15fad5e06ae693eb9b8908363d2c8ef455104e https://github.com/bwoodsend/rockhopper/releases/tag/v0.2.0 https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.266312 https://vuldb.com/?id.266312 https://github.com/bwoodsend/rockhopper/commit/1a15fad5e06ae693eb9b8908363d2c8ef455104e https://github.com/bwoodsend/rockhopper/releases/tag/v0.2.0 https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.266312 https://vuldb.com/?id.266312

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-4969? +

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in bwoodsend rockhopper up to 0.1.2. Affected by this issue is the function count_rows of the file rockhopper/src/ragged_array.c of the component Binary Parser. The manipulation of the argument raw leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. Upgrading to version 0.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 1a15fad5e06ae693eb9b8908363d2c8ef455104e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-266312. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2022-4969? +

CVE-2022-4969 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-4969? +

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