CVE-2022-38890 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38890 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-38890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2022-38890/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38890/index.md)
A segmentation violation in the Nginx NJS library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted UTF-8 input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-38890?
CVE-2022-38890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Nginx NJS v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via njs_utf8_next at src/njs_utf8.h
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38890?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Njs.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38890?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38890 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-38890 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cq4f-48g6-262v.