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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48620
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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48620
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48620.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48620
Upstream
CVE-2022-48620
Published
2024-01-12T04:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-14T07:01:23.397156Z
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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9.8 (Critical)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details
uev (aka libuev) before 2.4.1 has a buffer overflow in epoll_wait if maxevents is a large number.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48620
https://github.com/troglobit/libuev/issues/27
https://github.com/troglobit/libuev/commit/2d9f1c9ce655cc38511aeeb6e95ac30914f7aec9
https://github.com/troglobit/libuev/compare/v2.4.0...v2.4.1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48620
Affected packages
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
/
libuev
Package
Name
libuev
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuev@2.4.0-1.1?arch=source&distro=jammy
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
2.*
2.3.1-1ubuntu2
2.4.0-1.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
/
libuev
Package
Name
libuev
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuev@2.4.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=noble
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
2.*
2.4.0-1.1
2.4.0-1.2
2.4.1-1
2.4.1-1build1
Ubuntu:25.04
/
libuev
Package
Name
libuev
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libuev@2.4.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=plucky
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
2.*
2.4.1-1build1
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48620 - OSV