Upstream information

CVE-2022-48620 at MITRE

Description

uev (aka libuev) before 2.4.1 has a buffer overflow in epoll_wait if maxevents is a large number.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1218749 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5
  • libuev-devel >= 2.4.1-bp155.3.3.1
  • libuev3 >= 2.4.1-bp155.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-23
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • libuev-devel >= 2.4.1-bp155.3.3.1
  • libuev3 >= 2.4.1-bp155.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-23
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libuev-devel >= 2.4.1-2.1
  • libuev3 >= 2.4.1-2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13578

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jan 12 07:00:01 2024
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 23:26:08 2025