CVE-2022-38177
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
3.2%
87.4th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-401
Published 2022-09-21 · modified 2026-09-01
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2022-09-21 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-01 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA signature, an attacker can trigger a small memory leak. It is possible to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources.
Affected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-38177
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4GQWBPF7Y52J2FA24U6UMHQAOXZEF7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRHB6J4Z7BKH4HPEKG5D35QGRD6ANNMT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZJQNUASODNVAWZV6STKG5SD6XIJ446S/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0010/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5235
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/3
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2022-38177
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4GQWBPF7Y52J2FA24U6UMHQAOXZEF7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRHB6J4Z7BKH4HPEKG5D35QGRD6ANNMT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZJQNUASODNVAWZV6STKG5SD6XIJ446S/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-25
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221228-0010/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5235