7.8

CVE-2022-39831: fedoraproject fedora Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-39831DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39831
Published 05-09-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-39831 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.52%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in PSPP 1.6.2. There is a heap-based buffer overflow at the function read_bytes_internal in utilities/pspp-dump-sav.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. This issue is different from CVE-2018-20230.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.52% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (savannah.gnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pspp< 1.6.2-2
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • psppAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links