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CVE-2022-29189

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29189 affects Pion DTLS, a Go implementation of Datagram Transport Layer Security, specifically versions prior to 2.1.4. The vulnerability stems from an unbounded buffer used for inbound network traffic, allowing an attacker to cause excessive memory usage by continuously sending data during the handshake process. This is a medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) with a low impact on availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and having low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pion:dtls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pion/dtlsFixed in: 2.1.4
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/pion/dtls/v2Fixed in: 2.1.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-cx94-mrg9-rq4jmedium

Pion/DTLS contains buffer for inbound DTLS fragments with no limit

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / pion/dtls/commit/a6397ff7282bc56dc37a68ea9211702edb4de1de
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / pion/dtls/releases/tag/v2.1.4
Third Party Advisory
github.com / pion/dtls/security/advisories/GHSA-cx94-mrg9-rq4j
Third Party Advisory