CVE-2022-35012
Published: 16 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-35012 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Pngdec Project Pngdec. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 46.1% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-37910
Vulnerability details
PNGDec commit 8abf6be was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via SaveBMP at /linux/main.cpp.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.