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Vulnerability details: VCID-ck7e-6fvp-s3ca
Vulnerability ID VCID-ck7e-6fvp-s3ca
Aliases CVE-2022-4904
Summary A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.7
Risk 3.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-4904.json
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
epss 0.00138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
cvssv3.1 6.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4904
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-4904.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4904
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4904
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
1031525 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1031525
cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-4904 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4904
RHSA-2023:1533 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1533
RHSA-2023:1582 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1582
RHSA-2023:1742 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1742
RHSA-2023:1743 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1743
RHSA-2023:1744 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1744
RHSA-2023:2654 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2654
RHSA-2023:2655 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2655
RHSA-2023:4035 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4035
RHSA-2023:5533 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5533
RHSA-2023:6291 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6291
RHSA-2023:6635 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6635
RHSA-2023:7116 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7116
RHSA-2023:7368 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7368
RHSA-2023:7543 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7543
USN-5907-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5907-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-4904.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: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4904
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

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none

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high

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none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.34603
EPSS Score 0.00138
Published At Sept. 21, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:02.809362+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/5907-1/ 37.0.0