CVE-2022-38496 is a reachable assertion abort vulnerability affecting LIEF commit 365a16a, specifically within the BinaryStream.hpp component. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, leading to a potential denial of service (A:H) due to the assertion abort. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, organizations using the affected LIEF version should be aware of this potential issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lief-project:lief:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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