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CVE-2022-38306

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38306 describes a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability found in LIEF (lief-project lief) within the /core/CorePrPsInfo.tcc component, specifically in commit 5d1d643. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if successfully exploited. The attack requires local access and user interaction, but has low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lief-project:lief:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-52xx-r3g2-p8jmmedium

LIEF vulnerable to heap based buffer overflow

Sep 14, 2022

References

github.com / lief-project/LIEF/issues/763
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory