CVE-2022-44542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

lesspipe before 2.06 allows attackers to execute code via Perl Storable (pst) files, because of deserialized object destructor execution via a key/value pair in a hash.

Published: 2022-11-01

Score: 9.8 Critical

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:lesspipe_project:lesspipe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-47485	lesspipe before 2.06 allows attackers to execute code via Perl Storable (pst) files, because of deserialized object destructor execution via a key/value pair in a hash.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00932.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/865631
https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe/releases/tag/v2.06
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-02

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lesspipe Project Lesspipe

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T14:18:56.012Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44542

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:54:03.980Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T01:15:10.280

Modified: 2025-05-05T15:15:50.023

Link: CVE-2022-44542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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