CVE-2022-29224
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-06-09 19:10
Modified
2024-08-03 06:17
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Segmentation fault leading to crash in Envoy
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9b1c3962172a972bc0359398af6daa3790bb59dbPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-m4j9-86g3-8f49Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
envoyproxyenvoy
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