CVE-2022-4639 (GCVE-0-2022-4639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-14 17:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
sslh Packet Dumping probe.c hexdump format string
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in sslh. This issue affects the function hexdump of the file probe.c of the component Packet Dumping Handler. The manipulation of the argument msg_info leads to format string. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is b19f8a6046b080e4c2e28354a58556bb26040c6f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216497 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Severity
5.6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-14 16:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-119 - Memory Corruption -> CWE-134 Format String
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unspecified | sslh |
Affected:
n/a
|
guessed |
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