CVE-2022-31246 affects Electrum versions prior to 4.2.2, allowing a malicious file:// URL in a payment request to be processed. On Windows, this vulnerability can lead to credential capture via SMB, while on Linux/UNIX, it can cause a denial of service by referencing /dev/zero. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, with potential high impact on confidentiality (C:H) on Windows or availability (A:N) on Linux/UNIX. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:electrum:electrum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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