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CVE-2023-22652

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-22652 is a classic buffer overflow vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf versions prior to 0.5.2, allowing for a Denial of Service (DoS) attack through specially crafted configuration files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libeconf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 50th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libeconf-0:0.4.1-3.el9_2
View patch
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libeconf (jammy)Fixed in: 0.3.8-1+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

ubuntuUSN-8368-1

libeconf vulnerability

Jun 2, 2026
redhatCVE-2023-22652Moderate

libeconf: stack-based buffer overflow in read_file() in lib/getfilecontents.c

Mar 16, 2023

References

github.com / openSUSE/libeconf/issues/177
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00016.html
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https / /github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/177
Broken Link
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/SDD5GL5T3V5XZ3VFA4HPE6YGJ2K4HHPC
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/SMG5256D5I3GFA3RBAJQ2WYPJDYAIL74
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/YAYW7X753Z6GOJKVLQPXBDHISN6ZT233