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CVE-2022-1249 json

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in pesign's cms_set_pw_data() function of the cms_common.c file.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-24582

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pesign_project pesign 115

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1249 updated cvss 4.0

pesign: NULL pointer dereference in cms_set_pw_data()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pesign Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pesign Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 pesign
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a pesign

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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