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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-29806 in the critical feed json

ZoneMinder before 1.36.13 allows remote code execution via an invalid language.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-34127

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
67.1%
EPSS 67.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

ZoneMinder before 1.36.13 allows remote code execution via an invalid language. Ability to create a debug log file at an arbitrary pathname contributes to exploitability.

Patch / fix

  • zoneminder zoneminder 1.36.13
  • zoneminder Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.36.13+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29806

  • zoneminder Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.29.0+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1
  • zoneminder Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.32.3-2ubuntu2+esm1
  • zoneminder Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.36.12+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29806

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/zoneminder_lang_exec)

Exploit prediction

67.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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