CVE-2022-2509

Description

A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.53%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gnupg.org
Affected: n/a GnuTLS
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2509 third party advisory
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2022-July/004746.html mailing list release notes vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5203 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00002.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6FL27JS3VM74YEQU7PGB62USO3KSBYZX/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-2509?
CVE-2022-2509 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-2509?
To fix CVE-2022-2509, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-2509 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-2509 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-2509?
CVE-2022-2509 affects n/a GnuTLS.
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