An issue has been found in PBC through 2022-8-27.
Priority HIGH 72CWE-252Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue has been found in PBC through 2022-8-27. A SEGV issue detected in the function pbc_wmessage_integer in src/wmessage.c:137.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00871 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pbc_project:pbc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2022-08-27 | Vulnerable | Pbc Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:pbc_project:pbc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2022-08-27 Vulnerable ·Pbc Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-38936
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c3cj-4xxg-mg34
References
More Pbc Project Pbc vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-10592 An issue was discovered in libpbc.a in cloudwu PBC through 2017-03-02. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-09283 In libpbc.a in PBC through 2017-03-02, there is a Segmentation fault in _pbcB_register_fields in bootstrap.c. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-09282 In libpbc.a in PBC through 2017-03-02, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in _pbcM_ip_new in map.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-09281 In libpbc.a in PBC through 2017-03-02, there is a Segmentation fault in _pbcP_message_default in proto.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-09280 In libpbc.a in PBC through 2017-03-02, there is a buffer over-read in calc_hash in map.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-10591 An issue was discovered in libpbc.a in cloudwu PBC through 2017-03-02. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-38936 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-38936 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c3cj-4xxg-mg34 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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