CVE-2022-34454: dell emc_powerscale_onefs Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34454 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in dell emc_powerscale_onefs. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-02-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 24-03-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.3.x, contain a heap-based buffer overflow. A local privileged malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to system takeover. This impacts compliance mode clusters.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.