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CVE-2022-40320 (GCVE-0-2022-40320)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-09 20:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 12:14
VLAI
Summary
cfg_tilde_expand in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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