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Vulnerability · Published Apr 27, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27239

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the cifs-utils package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20cifs-utils6.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27239
Alpine:v3.21cifs-utils6.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27239
Alpine:v3.22cifs-utils6.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27239
Alpine:v3.23cifs-utils6.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27239
Alpine:v3.24cifs-utils6.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27239
Debian:12cifs-utils2:6.14-1.1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27239
Debian:13cifs-utils2:6.14-1.1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27239
Debian:14cifs-utils2:6.14-1.1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTScifs-utils2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTScifs-utils2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1USN-5459-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References