CVE-2022-23748
LPE in Audinate Dante Application Library ≤ 1.2.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2022-23748 is a high-severity Process Control (CWE-114) vulnerability in Audinate Dante Application Library. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception by Unquoted Path (T1574.009); ranked in the top 5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
mDNSResponder.exe, a component of Audinate's Dante Discovery software, is vulnerable to DLL sideloading because the executable does not properly specify the DLL search path, folder, or loading conditions. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-23748 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and is associated with CWE-114 and CWE-426.
An attacker with the ability to place a malicious DLL in a location that mDNSResponder.exe will load can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the legitimate process. Exploitation requires local access and user interaction to trigger the executable, after which the attacker can achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected system.
Audinate has published guidance addressing the Dante Discovery mDNSResponder.exe issue, while Check Point researchers have published technical details on the sideloading vector. The vulnerability appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirming real-world exploitation activity.
EPSS scores have remained in a narrow band near 0.10 with a recorded peak of 0.1174, indicating moderate and relatively stable exploitation interest since disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-28684
Vulnerability Data
mDNSResponder.exe is vulnerable to DLL Sideloading attack. Executable improperly specifies how to load the DLL, from which folder and under what conditions. In these scenarios, a malicious attacker could be using the valid and legitimate executable to load malicious files.
- CWE(s)
- KEV Date Added
- 06 February 2025
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Hardened configuration baselines can enforce safe search paths and restrict environment variables that enable the weakness.
Preventing execution of unauthorized code directly blocks the malicious binaries that an untrusted search path would load.
Secure development practices include avoiding or sanitizing externally influenced search paths in application code.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-114, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.