CVE-2022-24675

encoding/pem in Go before 1.17.9 and 1.18.x before 1.18.1 has a Decode stack overflow via a large amount of PEM data.

Published: 2022-04-20 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-24675 is rated Moderate Risk (44/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-24675

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 2026-05-12 0.13% 0.18% +0.05%
2 2026-05-06 0.18% 0.13% -0.04%
3 2026-02-09 — 0.18% —

Full EPSS history (32 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-24675

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-24675

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-24675

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-24675: 1 source package rows (go); 53 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 46. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-24675
gentoo high CVE-2022-24675: 1 GLSA(s) (202208-02), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/go); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-24675
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24675
suse medium CVE-2022-24675 severity moderate: SUSE including 41 source package names (1.17-12.3:go1.17-1.17.9-150000.1.28.1, 1.18-7.3:go1.18-1.18.1-150000.1.11.1, …), 153 product×package rows across 36 product lines (Container bci/golang, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (36 product lines)): Fixed 107, Known Not Affected 46. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24675/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-24675 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (golang-1.17, golang-1.18), 25 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 14, released 6, ignored 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24675

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-24675

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang go < 1.17.9 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go >= 1.18.0, < 1.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp kubernetes_monitoring_operator — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:kubernetes_monitoring_operator:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-24675

URL Tags
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-744259.pdf
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/oecdBNLOml8 Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TYZC4OAY54TO75FBEFAPV5G7O4D5TM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F3BMW5QGX53CMIJIZWKXFKBJX2C5GWTY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RCRSABD6CUDIZULZPZL5BJ3ET3A2NEJP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQXU752ALW53OJAF5MG3WMR5CCZVLWW6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z55VUVGO7E5PJFXIOVAY373NZRHBNCI5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZY2SLWOQR4ZURQ7UBRZ7JIX6H6F5JHJR/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0010/ Third Party Advisory
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