CVE-2022-28044

Public Exploit

Description

Irzip v0.640 was discovered to contain a heap memory corruption via the component lrzip.c:initialise_control.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.23%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/216 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/commit/5faf80cd53ecfd16b636d653483144cd12004f46 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00016.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5145 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-28044?
CVE-2022-28044 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-28044?
To fix CVE-2022-28044, 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-2022-28044 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-28044 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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