CVE-2022-45062 is a critical argument injection vulnerability (CWE-88) affecting Xfce xfce4-settings versions prior to 4.16.4 and 4.17.x prior to 4.17.1, impacting various Debian and Fedora distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.16.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce4-settings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce4-settings:4.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.