CVE-2022-4087 (GCVE-0-2022-4087)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 13:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
iPXE TLS tls.c tls_new_ciphertext information exposure
Summary
A vulnerability was found in iPXE. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function tls_new_ciphertext of the file src/net/tls.c of the component TLS. The manipulation of the argument pad_len leads to information exposure through discrepancy. The name of the patch is 186306d6199096b7a7c4b4574d4be8cdb8426729. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-214054 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-14 17:05 UTC
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Controls -> CWE-200 Information Disclosure -> CWE-203 Information Exposure Through Discrepancy
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unspecified | iPXE |
Affected:
n/a
|
guessed |
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