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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40008
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40008
Aliases CVE-2022-40008
Summary SWFTools commit 772e55a was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via the function readU8 at /lib/ttf.c.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40008.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-05-28T16:05:31Z/

Decision: Track*

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40008.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-40008

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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]