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TI-2022-13892 Aliases CVE-2022-32166GHSA-3q99-mmr6-6chg

ovs - buffer over-read

Priority LOW 28CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In ovs versions v0.90.0 through v2.5.0 are vulnerable to heap buffer over-read in flow.c. An unsafe comparison of “minimasks” function could lead access to an unmapped region of memory. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00606 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ovsovsv0.90.0 and later; up to v2.5.0—No fix listedCNA
  • ovs Vendorovs Affected v0.90.0 and later; up to v2.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cloudbase:open_vswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.90.0 – 2.5.0VulnerableCloudbase
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:cloudbase:open_vswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.90.0 – 2.5.0 Vulnerable ·Cloudbase
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 6 products
  • Fast Datapath for RHEL 7
  • Fast Datapath for RHEL 8
  • Fast Datapath for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-32166
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q99-mmr6-6chg

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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