Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-44542
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity unsafe deserialization 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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
lesspipe before 2.06 allows attackers to execute code via Perl Storable (pst) files, because of deserialized object destructor execution via a key/value pair in a hash.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H