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CVE-2022-28044

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28044 is a critical heap memory corruption vulnerability (CWE-787) in Irzip v0.640, specifically within the lrzip.c:initialise_control component, affecting Debian Linux and Irzip Project distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it allows for unauthenticated, low-complexity network attacks leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.640CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irzip_project:irzip:0.640:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ckolivas/lrzip/commit/5faf80cd53ecfd16b636d653483144cd12004f46
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ckolivas/lrzip/issues/216
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5145
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory