CVE-2022-22281 (GCVE-0-2022-22281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-13 19:40 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:07
VLAI
Summary
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the SonicWall SSL-VPN NetExtender Windows Client (32 and 64 bit) in 10.2.322 and earlier versions, allows an attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code in the host windows operating system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
sonicwall CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 28 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SonicWall SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) Client Affected: 10.2.322 and earlier versions
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