CVE-2022-34299

Exp

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in libdwarf 0.4.0. This issue is related to dwarf_global_formref_b.

Published: 2022-06-23 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-34299 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-34299

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-34299

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 2026-06-15 0.29% 1.02% +0.73%
2 2026-05-07 0.23% 0.29% +0.06%
3 2026-01-03 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-34299

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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: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:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-34299

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-34299

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-34299 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dwarfutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-34299
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-34299
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-34299 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dwarfutils), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34299

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-34299

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libdwarf_project libdwarf 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:libdwarf_project:libdwarf:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-34299

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