CVE-2022-24599

Exp

In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows an attacker to leak sensitive information via a crafted file. The printfileinfo function calls the copyrightstring function to get data, however, it dosn't use zero bytes to truncate the data.

Published: 2022-02-24 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-24599 is rated Exploit Available (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-24599

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-24599

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-08 0.26% 0.22% -0.04%
2 2025-11-21 0.83% 0.26% -0.57%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.83% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-24599

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-24599

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-24599

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-24599: 1 source package rows (audiofile); 3 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 3. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-24599
debian unimportant CVE-2022-24599 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (audiofile), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24599
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24599
suse medium CVE-2022-24599 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (audiofile-0.3.6-11.10.1, audiofile-0.3.6-15.1, …), 23 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, … (7 product lines)): Fixed 23. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24599/
ubuntu low CVE-2022-24599 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (audiofile), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24599

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-24599

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
audiofile audiofile 0.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 37 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-24599

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