CVE-2022-23645Out-of-bounds read in swtpm
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
swtpm is a libtpms-based TPM emulator with socket, character device, and Linux CUSE interface. Versions prior to 0.5.3, 0.6.2, and 0.7.1 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read. A specially crafted header of swtpm's state, where the blobheader's hdrsize indicator has an invalid value, may cause an out-of-bounds access when the byte array representing the state of the TPM is accessed. This will likely crash swtpm or prevent it from starting since the state cannot be understood. Users should upgrade to swtpm v0.5.3, v0.6.2, or v0.7.1 to receive a patch. There are currently no known workarounds.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
- affected < 0.5.3
- affected >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.2
- affected = 0.7.0
References
References6
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/security/advisories/GHSA-2qgm-8xf4-3hqw (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/9f740868fc36761de27df3935513bdebf8852d19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.6.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.7.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-12443a525c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-28593 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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