CVE-2022-23645

MEDIUM

Swtpm < 0.5.3 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

swtpm is a libtpms-based TPM emulator with socket, character device, and Linux CUSE interface. Versions prior to 0.5.3, 0.6.2, and 0.7.1 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read. A specially crafted header of swtpm's state, where the blobheader's hdrsize indicator has an invalid value, may cause an out-of-bounds access when the byte array representing the state of the TPM is accessed. This will likely crash swtpm or prevent it from starting since the state cannot be understood. Users should upgrade to swtpm v0.5.3, v0.6.2, or v0.7.1 to receive a patch. There are currently no known workarounds.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.3
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.6.2
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.7.1

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora 35
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
swtpm_project/swtpm 0.7.0 (3 CPE variants)
swtpm_project/swtpm < 0.5.3
Published Feb 18, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026