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Vulnerability details: VCID-3adf-qttu-3kfd
Vulnerability ID VCID-3adf-qttu-3kfd
Aliases CVE-2022-1271
Summary A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Gzip and XZ Utils' grep helpers which could result in writes to arbitrary files.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-179 Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-1271.json
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
epss 0.00813 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310
cvssv3.1 8.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6
ssvc Track https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html
ssvc Track https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2665
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2666
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0006/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0006/
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271
ssvc Track https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch
ssvc Track https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8
ssvc Track https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-1271.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-1271
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1271
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1009167 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009167
1009168 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009168
2073310 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310
8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8
ASA-202204-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202204-7
ASA-202204-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202204-8
AVG-2665 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2665
AVG-2666 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2666
CVE-2022-1271 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271
CVE-2022-1271 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271
GLSA-202209-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01
msg00011.html https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html
ntap-20220930-0006 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0006/
?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6 https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6
RHSA-2022:1537 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1537
RHSA-2022:1592 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1592
RHSA-2022:1665 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1665
RHSA-2022:1676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1676
RHSA-2022:2191 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2191
RHSA-2022:4582 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4582
RHSA-2022:4896 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4896
RHSA-2022:4940 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4940
RHSA-2022:4991 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4991
RHSA-2022:4992 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4992
RHSA-2022:4993 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4993
RHSA-2022:4994 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4994
RHSA-2022:5052 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5052
RHSA-2022:5439 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5439
USN-5378-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5378-1/
USN-5378-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5378-2/
USN-5378-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5378-3/
USN-5378-4 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5378-4/
xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-1271.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0006/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0006/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T14:55:46Z/ Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74207
EPSS Score 0.00813
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:03:20.841172+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01 38.0.0