CVE-2022-22728

7.5 highEPSS 5.9%

High (7.5). EPSS 5.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw in Apache libapreq2 versions 2.16 and earlier could cause a buffer overflow while processing multipart form uploads. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 5.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-120
Published: 2022-08-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apache:libapreq2
debian:debian_linux
fedoraproject:fedora

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/25/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/26/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/29/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/30/4

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