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CVE-2022-45145

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-45145 is a critical arbitrary OS command execution vulnerability affecting CHICKEN 5.x before 5.3.1. An attacker can exploit this by embedding escape characters within a .egg file during package installation, leading to full compromise of the system. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0.0, < 5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

code.call-cc.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
code.call-cc.org / cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/chicken-announce/2022-11/msg00000.html
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