Critical severity · published Apr 15, 2022
CVE-2022-28044
Irzip v0.640 was discovered to contain a heap memory corruption via the component lrzip.c:initialise_control
9.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Irzip v0.640 was discovered to contain a heap memory corruption via the component lrzip.c:initialise_control.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
IR
Irzip · Irzip Project
0.640 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28044
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28044
Patch
https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/commit/5faf80cd53ecfd16b636d653483144cd12004f46
Exploit
https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/216
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00016.html
Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5145
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