6.5

CVE-2022-42011: fedoraproject fedora Improper Validation of Array Index

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2022-42011UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42011DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42011
Published 09-10-2022Last modified 09-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-42011 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.75%
0%100%
Low · +0.35 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 7
DLA-3142-1DSA-5250-1MGASA-2022-0365RHSA-2022:8812RHSA-2022:8977RHSA-2023:0096

Timeline

  1. 09-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message where an array length is inconsistent with the size of the element type.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.35 pp

From 1.41% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • dbus≥ 1.13.0, < 1.12.24-r0 | ≥ 1.13.0, < 1.14.4-r0
Chainguard1 product
  • dbusAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • dbus< 1.14.4-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Freedesktop1 product
  • dbus< 1.12.24 | ≥ 1.13.0, < 1.14.4 | ≥ 1.15.0, < 1.15.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • dbus< 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3 | < 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm2 | < 1.12.2-1ubuntu1.4 | < 1.12.16-2ubuntu2.3 | < 1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1
Wolfi1 product
  • dbusAll versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 7 products

References

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