Medium severity · published Jun 2, 2022
CVE-2022-1982
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Mattermost version 6.6.0 and earlier allows an authenticated attacker to crash the server via a crafted SVG attachment on a post
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Mattermost version 6.6.0 and earlier allows an authenticated attacker to crash the server via a crafted SVG attachment on a post.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MS
Mattermost Server · Mattermost
5.0.0 before 6.3.8; 6.4.0 before 6.4.3; 6.5.0; 6.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1982
Vendor Advisory
https://mattermost.com/security-updates/
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