CVE-2022-32166

In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of “minimasks” function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - vulnerabilitylab@mend.io

Published

2022-09-28

Last modified

2025-05-21

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Open Vswitch (Cloudbase)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Ovs (Ovs)

References

• https://github.com/cloudbase/ovs/commit/2ed6505555cdcb46f9b1f0329d1491b75290fc73
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00036.html
• https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32166