Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-1249
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity null pointer dereference in pesign. 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 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in pesign's cms_set_pw_data() function of the cms_common.c file. The function fails to handle the NULL pwdata invocation from daemon.c, which leads to an explicit NULL dereference and crash on all attempts to daemonize pesign.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | pesign | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1249 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | pesign | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1249 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | pesign | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1249 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | pesign | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1249 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | pesign | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1249 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2065771 x_refsource_MISC