CVE-2022-4904

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

06/03/2023

Last modified:

02/12/2025

Description

A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.60 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.60

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares::::::::		1.19.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares::::::::		1.19.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

CVE-2022-4904

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools