CVE-2022-38495

Exp

LIEF commit 365a16a was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via the function print_binary at /c/macho_reader.c.

Published: 2022-09-13 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-38495 is rated Exploit Available (54.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). 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-2022-38495

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-38495

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 0.05% 0.32% +0.27%
2 2025-09-19 0.05% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-09-14 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-38495

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-38495

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-38495

GHSA-42vg-2q93-fj6j · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — LIEF vulnerable to heap based buffer overflow via print_binary function

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-38495

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-38495 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lief), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 5, ignored 5, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38495

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-38495

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lief-project lief <= 0.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:lief-project:lief:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-38495

URL Tags
https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/767 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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