Vulnerability · Published Mar 30, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27816

High 7.1

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 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.9% 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/swhks.pid pathname. There can be data loss or a denial of service.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd/releases x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd/commit/0b620a09605afb815c6d8d8953bbb7a10a8c0575 x_refsource_MISC
[oss-security] 20220414 Multiple vulnerabilities in swhkd hotkey helper for Wayland mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST