Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-44940

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 19 December 2022

Published
19 December 2022
Modified
17 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0051 66.9th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-44940 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Patchelf Project Patchelf. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.1% 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

Vulnerability details

Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

patchelf project
patchelf
0.9

Mitigating Controls

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

References