CVE-2022-25462 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in the Yafu factoring library via a segmentation fault in vector arithmetic components.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-25462?
CVE-2022-25462 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Yafu v2.0 contains a segmentation fault via the component /factor/avx-ecm/vecarith52.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25462?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yafu Project Yafu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25462?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25462 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-25462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6wq5-2fmq-xpp2.