Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-27881

HighPublic PoC

Published: 25 March 2022

Published
25 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0108 78.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-27881 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Openbsd Openbsd. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 21.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

engine.c in slaacd in OpenBSD 6.9 and 7.0 before 2022-02-21 has a buffer overflow triggerable by an IPv6 router advertisement with more than seven nameservers. NOTE: privilege separation and pledge can prevent exploitation.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

openbsd
openbsd
6.9, 7.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References