CVE-2022-23597

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

01/02/2022

Last modified:

05/05/2025

Description

Element Desktop is a Matrix client for desktop platforms with Element Web at its core. Element Desktop before 1.9.7 is vulnerable to a remote program execution bug with user interaction. The exploit is non-trivial and requires clicking on a malicious link, followed by another button click. To the best of our knowledge, the vulnerability has never been exploited in the wild. If you are using Element Desktop

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 8.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

8.30

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical