Vulnerabilities / CVE-2022-48522

critical

CVE-2022-48522

perl: stack-based crash in S_find_uninit_var()

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

In Perl 5.34.0, function S_find_uninit_var in sv.c has a stack-based crash that can lead to remote code execution or local privilege escalation.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 12perl5.36.0-4
debian 13perl5.36.0-4
debian 14perl5.36.0-4
echoperl5.36.0-4
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04perl, rf-perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04perl, rf-perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04perl, rf-perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
root.io debian 12rootio-perl5.36.0-4
ubuntu 22.04perl5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
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SourcePackageFixed in
debian 12perl5.36.0-4
debian 13perl5.36.0-4
debian 14perl5.36.0-4
echoperl5.36.0-4
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04rf-perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04rf-perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04rf-perl0:5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3
root.io debian 12rootio-perl5.36.0-4
ubuntu 22.04perl5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3

References

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