UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40320
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320
Upstream
Published
2022-09-09T21:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:08:14Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libconfuse

Package

Name
libconfuse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libconfuse?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse-common",
            "binary_version": "3.3-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse2",
            "binary_version": "3.3-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libconfuse

Package

Name
libconfuse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libconfuse?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3-3
3.3-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse-common",
            "binary_version": "3.3-3build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse2",
            "binary_version": "3.3-3build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / libconfuse

Package

Name
libconfuse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libconfuse?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3-3build1
3.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse-common",
            "binary_version": "3.3-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse2",
            "binary_version": "3.3-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / libconfuse

Package

Name
libconfuse
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libconfuse?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3-4
3.3-4build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse-common",
            "binary_version": "3.3-4build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libconfuse2",
            "binary_version": "3.3-4build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40320.json"