Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2022 · Assigned by fedora
CVE-2022-0856
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in libcaca. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.8% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.8%top 13.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libcaca is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via img2txt, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libcaca | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0856 |
| Debian:13 | libcaca | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0856 |
| Debian:14 | libcaca | 0.99.beta20-8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0856 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libcaca | 0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu4.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0856 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libcaca | 0.99.beta20-4ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0856 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libcaca | 0.99.beta20-5ubuntu0.25.10.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0856 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-369
References
- https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/issues/65
- FEDORA-2023-7248587205 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-335e8b2908 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-8282501ffb vendor-advisory