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CVE-2022-40922

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40922 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting LIEF v0.12.1, specifically within the LIEF::MachO::BinaryParser::init_and_parse function. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a segmentation fault by providing a specially crafted MachO file, leading to a denial of service. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a low attack complexity (AC:L), but results in high availability impact (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: liefFixed in: 0.12.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-38hf-c37x-32hvhigh

LIEF vulnerable to denial of service through segmentation fault

Oct 4, 2022

References

github.com / lief-project/LIEF/issues/781
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory