CVE-2022-23462

low-risk
Published 2022-10-21

IOWOW is a C utility library and persistent key/value storage engine. Versions 1.4.15 and prior contain a stack buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for Denial of Service (DOS) when it parses scientific notation numbers present in JSON. A patch for this issue is available at commit a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a28fd in the `master` branch of the repository. There are no workarounds other than applying the patch.

Do I need to act?

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0.23% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.2/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Iowow

Affected Vendors

Softmotions

References (4)

Patch https://github.com/Softmotions/iowow/commit/a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a...
Exploit https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-066_iowow/
Patch https://github.com/Softmotions/iowow/commit/a79d31e4cff1d5a08f665574b29fd885897a...
Exploit https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-066_iowow/
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low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal