Use-after-free in MariaDB - CVE-2022-27457
Published: May 23, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63543
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27457
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MariaDB Foundation
Affected software:
MariaDB
MariaDB
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the my_mb_wc_latin1 component in the /strings/ctype-latin1.c. A remote user can pass specially crafted data and cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-27457
Install updates from vendor's website.