What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-40281?

CVE-2022-40281 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Tizenrt CVE-2022-40281

HIGH

Memory Leak (CWE-401)

2022-09-08 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure Samsung Tizenrt

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 08, 2022 - 22:15 nvd

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). cyassl_connect_step2 in curl/vtls/cyassl.c has a missing X509_free after SSL_get_peer_certificate, leading to information disclosure.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Memory Leak (CWE-401), which allows attackers to exhaust available memory leading to denial of service. An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). cyassl_connect_step2 in curl/vtls/cyassl.c has a missing X509_free after SSL_get_peer_certificate, leading to information disclosure. Affected products include: Samsung Tizenrt. Version information: through 3.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Ensure all allocated memory is properly freed. Use RAII patterns or garbage-collected languages.