Is CVE-2022-24599 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-24599 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-24599?

CVE-2022-24599 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-24599?

CVE-2022-24599 has an EPSS score of 1.73% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24599?

Upgrade audiofile on debian 11 to 0.3.6-5+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-24599

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In autofile Audio File Library 0.3.6, there exists one memory leak vulnerability in printfileinfo, in printinfo.c, which allows an attacker to leak sensitive information via a crafted file. The printfileinfo function calls the copyrightstring function to get data, however, it dosn't use zero bytes to truncate the data.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

audiofileDebian

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb11u1CVE-2022-24599

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb12u1CVE-2022-24599

Fixed in:0.3.6-6CVE-2022-24599

audiofileUbuntu

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1USN-6558-1

audiofile-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1USN-6558-1

libaudiofile1Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3+esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.20.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.22.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.04.1USN-6558-1

Fixed in:0.3.6-5+deb10u1build0.23.10.1USN-6558-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Mailing List4

Other references1

lists.debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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