CVE-2022-44318
Published: 08 November 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-44318 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Picoc Project Picoc. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 36.5th 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-47263
Vulnerability details
PicoC Version 3.2.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the StringStrcat function in cstdlib/string.c when called from ExpressionParseFunctionCall.
- 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.