CVE-2022-44321 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PicoC Version 3.2.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the LexSkipComment function in lex.c when called from LexScanGetToken.

Published: 2022-11-08

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:picoc_project:picoc:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47266	PicoC Version 3.2.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the LexSkipComment function in lex.c when called from LexScanGetToken.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00123.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/jpoirier/picoc/issues/37
https://gitlab.com/zsaleeba/picoc/-/issues/48

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Picoc Project Picoc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T18:10:01.904Z

Reserved: 2022-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44321

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:05.842Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-08T15:15:12.727

Modified: 2025-05-01T18:15:49.877

Link: CVE-2022-44321

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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