CVE-2022-1341 Null dereference in bwm-ng
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1341 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-1341 is a high-severity vulnerability in bwm-ng, published on 18 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: bwm-ng. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1341/index.md)
A null pointer dereference in bwm-ng allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command-line options.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1341?
CVE-2022-1341 is a high-severity vulnerability in bwm-ng, published on 18 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in in bwm-ng v0.6.2. An arbitrary null write exists in get_cmdln_options() function in src/options.c.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1341?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bwm-Ng Project Bwm-Ng.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1341?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-1341 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in bwm-ng
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1341, GHSA-c7j2-w3hr-p277, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1341.