Vulnerability · Published Sep 30, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-40923

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in the lief package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the LIEF::MachO::SegmentCommand::virtual_address function of LIEF v0.12.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) through a segmentation fault via a crafted MachO file.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	lief	no fix listed	GHSA-rm2x-hgr8-w343
PyPI	lief	no fix listed	PYSEC-2022-43139

Affected products (as reported)

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

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/784 x_refsource_MISC