Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2022 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2022-21945cscreen: usage of fixed path /tmp/cscreen.debug

Medium 5.1

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Factory from openSUSE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in cscreen of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to cause DoS for cscreen and a system DoS for non-default systems. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory cscreen version 1.2-1.3 and prior versions.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
openSUSE	Factory	cscreen – through 1.2-1.3

Weakness: CWE-377 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196446 x_refsource_CONFIRM