CVE-2022-42920
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
Apache Commons BCEL vulnerable to out-of-bounds write
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.5.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.5.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.5.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 6.5.0-1+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.5.0-2 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.bcel:bcel | <6.6.0 | 6.6.0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0005
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42920
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42920.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42920
- https://github.com/apache/commons-bcel/pull/147
- https://github.com/apache/commons-bcel
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BCEL-363
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lfxk7q8qmnh5bt9jm6nmjlv5hsxjhrz4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LX3HEB4TV2BVCGDTK5BCLSYOZNQTOBN4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QAMRHAKGIKZNHRBB4VLYTOIOIMMXCUCD
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMVX6COVXZVS5GPWDODIRW6Z2GE7RPAQ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LX3HEB4TV2BVCGDTK5BCLSYOZNQTOBN4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QAMRHAKGIKZNHRBB4VLYTOIOIMMXCUCD
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMVX6COVXZVS5GPWDODIRW6Z2GE7RPAQ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-25
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/07/2
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0005
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2142707
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0005.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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