CVE-2022-35173

Exp

An issue was discovered in Nginx NJS v0.7.5. The JUMP offset for a break instruction was not set to a correct offset during code generation, leading to a segmentation violation.

Published: 2022-08-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-35173 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). 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-2022-35173

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-35173

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 2025-08-25 0.54% 0.38% -0.17%
2 2025-08-19 0.10% 0.54% +0.44%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-35173

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-35173

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-35173

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nginx njs 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:nginx:njs:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-35173

URL Tags
http://hg.nginx.org/njs/rev/b7c4e0f714a9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/commit/404553896792b8f5f429dc8852d15784a59d8d3e Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nginx/njs/issues/553 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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