Is CVE-2022-40016 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-40016 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-40016?

CVE-2022-40016 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-40016?

CVE-2022-40016 has an EPSS score of 0.77% (51th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40016?

Upgrade media-server to 2022-08-06 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-40016

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Use After Free (UAF) vulnerability in ireader media-server before commit 3e0f63f1d3553f75c7d4eb32fa7c7a1976a9ff84 in librtmp, allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

media-serverNVD

Affected:< 2022-08-06Fixed in:2022-08-06CVE-2022-40016derived from NVD

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 InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days

51stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 51% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-19.