7.5

CVE-2022-24921: debian debian_linux Uncontrolled Recursion

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2022-0126SUSE-SU-2022:1164-1SUSE-SU-2022:1167-1
Published 05-03-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-24921 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11
DLA-2985-1DLA-2986-1DLA-3395-1RHSA-2022:5068RHSA-2022:5337RHSA-2022:5415

Timeline

  1. 05-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

regexp.Compile in Go before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse22 products
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7< 1.16.15-150000.1.46.1
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS< 1.16.15-150000.1.46.1
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 1.16.15-150000.1.46.1
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3< 1.16.15-150000.1.46.1
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2< 1.16.15-150000.1.46.1
Ubuntu8 products
  • golang-1.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.14All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.16All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.17All versions (No fix recorded)
Opensuse4 products
  • go1.16&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.16.15-150000.1.46.1
  • go1.16&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.16.15-1.1
  • go1.17&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.17.8-150000.1.25.1
  • go1.17&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.17.8-1.1
Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • go≥ 1.17, < 1.16.15-r0 | ≥ 1.17, < 1.17.9-r0 | ≥ 1.17, < 1.17.8-r0
Go1 product
  • stdlib≥ 1.17.0-0, < 1.17.8
Golang1 product
  • go< 1.16.15 | ≥ 1.17, < 1.17.8
Mageia1 product
  • golang< 1.17.8-1.mga8
Netapp1 product

9 vendors · 41 products

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