High severity · published Sep 21, 2022
CVE-2022-2881
The underlying bug might cause read past end of the buffer and either read memory it should not read, or crash the process
8.2
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The underlying bug might cause read past end of the buffer and either read memory it should not read, or crash the process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
9.18.0 before 9.18.7; 9.19.0 before 9.19.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2881
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2881
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3
Patch
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-2881
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25
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