CVE-2022-37454
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.8% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The Keccak XKCP SHA-3 reference implementation before fdc6fef has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or eliminate expected cryptographic properties. This occurs in the sponge function interface.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.77% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2022-10-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| extended keccak code package project | extended keccak code package |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| php | php |
| pypy | pypy |
| pysha3 project | pysha3 |
| python | python |
| sha3 project | sha3 |
References
- https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/hash-functions/sha-3-project
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/331
- https://github.com/XKCP/XKCP/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ALQ6BDDPX5HU5YBQOBMDVAA2TSGDKIJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMIEXLMTW5GO36HTFFWIPB3OHZXCT3G4/
- https://mouha.be/sha-3-buffer-overflow/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33281106
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35050307
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5267
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5269
- https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/hash-functions/sha-3-project
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/331
- https://github.com/XKCP/XKCP/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ALQ6BDDPX5HU5YBQOBMDVAA2TSGDKIJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMIEXLMTW5GO36HTFFWIPB3OHZXCT3G4/
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