Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-2850

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 October 2022

Published
14 October 2022
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0036 58.2th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-2850 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.8% 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

A flaw was found In 389-ds-base. When the Content Synchronization plugin is enabled, an authenticated user can reach a NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted query. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. This…

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CVE is assigned against an incomplete fix of CVE-2021-3514.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

redhat
directory server
11.0, 12.0
redhat
enterprise linux
6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
fedoraproject
fedora
35, 36
port389
389-ds-base
2.0.0 — 2.4.1
debian
debian linux
10.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References