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CVE-2022-3515

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3515 is a critical integer overflow vulnerability in the Libksba library's CRL parser, affecting products such as gnupg and gpg4win. This flaw allows for remote code execution via specially crafted data, such as a malicious S/MIME attachment. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, including variant analysis leading to a related CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libksba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gpg4win:gpg4win:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.1.16, < 3.1.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:vs-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, < 2.2.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

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
1.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 61st 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 (20)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 libksba 1.3.5-5 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.3.5-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 gnupg2 2.2.20-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 2.2.20-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 gnupg2 2.4.0-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 2.4.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18483-16820Fixed in: 1.3.5-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18484-16820Fixed in: 2.2.20-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18485-16823Fixed in: 2.4.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 2.4.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 2.4.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 1.3.5-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 1.3.5-5
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: libksba-0:1.3.5-8.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libksba-0:1.3.0-6.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libksba-0:1.3.5-8.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: libksba-0:1.3.5-8.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: libksba-0:1.3.5-8.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: libksba-0:1.3.5-8.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: libksba-0:1.3.5-8.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libksba-0:1.5.1-5.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.5.3-202211170828_8.6
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Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Mar/CVE-2022-3515

CVE-2022-3515

Mar 14, 2023
microsoft2023-Jan/CVE-2022-3515Critical

A vulnerability was found in the Libksba library due to an integer overflow within the CRL parser. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely for code execution on the target system by passing specially crafted data to the application for example a malicious S/MIME attachment.

Jan 10, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-3515Important

libksba: integer overflow may lead to remote code execution

Oct 17, 2022

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2022-3515
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
dev.gnupg.org / rK4b7d9cd4a018898d7714ce06f3faf2626c14582b
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230706-0008
gnupg.org / blog/20221017-pepe-left-the-ksba.html
Third Party Advisory