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CVE-2022-39046

Date: August 31, 2022

An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-03

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39046

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/8

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0002/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-39046

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Exposure Through Log Files

CWE-532

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

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CVE-2022-39046

Date: August 31, 2022

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

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