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CVE-2022-44792

50
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-44792 is a Null Pointer Exception vulnerability in Net-SNMP versions 5.8 through 5.9.3, specifically within the handle_ipDefaultTTL function, affecting products like Debian and NetApp. A remote attacker with write access can exploit this by sending a crafted UDP packet, leading to a Denial of Service. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, but it does require write access to the SNMP agent. 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
>= 5.8, <= 5.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:net-snmp:net-snmp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
52.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5205 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 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 (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18556-16820Fixed in: 5.9-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18557-16823Fixed in: 5.9.4-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18558-17084Fixed in: 5.9.4-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 net-snmp 5.9.4-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.9.4-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 net-snmp 5.9.4-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 5.9.4-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 net-snmp 5.9-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.9-4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: net-snmp-1:5.8-27.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: net-snmp-1:5.9.1-9.el9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Nov/CVE-2022-44792Moderate

handle_ipDefaultTTL in agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/ip_scalars.c in Net-SNMP 5.8 through 5.9.3 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by a remote attacker (who has write access) to cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet resulting in Denial of Service.

Nov 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-44792Moderate

net-snmp: NULL Pointer Exception when handling ipDefaultTTL

Nov 7, 2022

References

gist.github.com / menglong2234/b7bc13ae1a144f47cc3c95a7ea062428
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / net-snmp/net-snmp/issues/474
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230223-0011
Third Party Advisory