Vulnerability · Published Mar 29, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-27815
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SWHKD 1.1.5 unsafely uses the /tmp/swhkd.pid pathname. There can be an information leak or denial of service.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd/commit/e661a4940df78fbb7b52c622ac4ae6a3a7f7d8aa x_refsource_MISC
- [oss-security] 20220414 Multiple vulnerabilities in swhkd hotkey helper for Wayland mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST