CVE-2022-2509

A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2509	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6FL27JS3VM74YEQU7PGB62USO3KSBYZX/
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2022-July/004746.html	Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5203	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2509	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6FL27JS3VM74YEQU7PGB62USO3KSBYZX/
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-help/2022-July/004746.html	Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5203	Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

History

14 Oct 2026, 13:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html -

Information

Published : 2022-08-01 14:15

Updated : 2026-10-14 13:17

NVD link : CVE-2022-2509

Mitre link : CVE-2022-2509

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-2509

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

redhat

enterprise_linux

gnu

gnutls

CWE

CWE-415

Double Free

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