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CVE-2022-37290 json

GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive.

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-39927

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive.

Patch / fix

  • nautilus Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 43.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37290

  • nautilus Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.6
  • nautilus Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.2
  • nautilus Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:42.2-0ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37290

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

  • nautilus SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 41.5-150400.3.6.1
  • nautilus SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 +1 more 3.20.3-23.15.1
  • nautilus SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 3.34.3-150200.4.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0006-1SUSE-SU-2022:4394-1SUSE-SU-2022:4393-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-37290 updated cvss 5.5

nautilus: NULL pointer dereference via pasting crafted zip file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nautilus, nautilus-extensions
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nautilus, nautilus-extensions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 nautilus, nautilus-extensions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 nautilus, nautilus-extensions
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.gnome.org https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/2376 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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