CVE-2022-23645 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting swtpm, a TPM emulator, in versions prior to 0.5.3, 0.6.2, and 0.7.1, impacting various Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. A specially crafted swtpm state header can lead to an out-of-bounds access, causing the swtpm service to crash or fail to start. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access and low privileges, primarily resulting in a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swtpm_project:swtpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.6.0, < 0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swtpm_project:swtpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swtpm_project:swtpm:0.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swtpm_project:swtpm:0.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:swtpm_project:swtpm:0.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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