Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-32208

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 07 July 2022

Published
07 July 2022
Modified
05 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.7th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-32208 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Splunk Universal Forwarder. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.

CWE(s)
CWE-840CWE-787

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

haxx
curl
7.16.4 — 7.84.0
fedoraproject
fedora
35
debian
debian linux
10.0, 11.0
netapp
clustered data ontap
all versions
netapp
element software
all versions
netapp
hci management node
all versions
netapp
solidfire
all versions
netapp
bootstrap os
all versions
netapp
h300s firmware
all versions
netapp
h500s firmware
all versions
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References