Resource exhaustion in SPSS Statistics - CVE-2022-43855
Published: March 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87294
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43855
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can create multiple files that could exhaust the file handles capacity and cause a denial of service.
Affected software
SPSS Statistics
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43855
Install updates from vendor's website.
SPSS Statistics - update to 29.0.2