CVE-2022-2879

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-10-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
72.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 14, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (10)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-2879(17)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(27)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntugolang-1.18-doc (1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1) @ jammy2026-05-25ubuntu
ubuntugolang-1.13-src (1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm3) @ xenial2026-05-25ubuntu
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8100020240227110532.828888972024-05-22redhat
redhatamq7/amq-broker-rhel8-operator-bundle:7.12.0-102024-05-21redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:4.0-8090020231207142256.d7b6f4b72024-01-10redhat
redhatskupper-cli-0:1.4.1-2.el92023-07-10redhat
redhatskopeo-2:1.9.4-3.1.rhaos4.12.el82023-06-26redhat
redhatodf4/mcg-rhel9-operator:v4.13.0-412023-06-21redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/vm-network-latency-checkup-rhel9:v4.13.0-642023-05-18redhat
redhatweldr-client-0:35.9-2.el82023-05-16redhat
redhatweldr-client-0:35.9-1.el92023-05-09redhat
redhatoadp/oadp-velero-rhel8:1.1.2-162023-03-09redhat
redhatcustom-metrics-autoscaler-tech-preview/custom-metrics-autoscaler-rhel8:2.8.2-1432023-03-06redhat
redhatrhosp-rhel8/osp-director-operator-bundle:1.3.0-102023-03-06redhat
redhatbuildah-1:1.23.4-4.rhaos4.12.el82023-02-16redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/logic-data-index-ephemeral-rhel8:1.27.0-42023-02-09redhat
redhatrhmtc/openshift-velero-plugin-rhel8:v1.7.7-32023-02-09redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-clients-0:1.6.1-1.el82023-02-09redhat
redhatopenshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8:2.3.1-52023-01-30redhat
redhatgo-toolset:rhel8-8070020230116141618.ded9a3e22023-01-25redhat
redhatgo-toolset-1.18-golang-0:1.18.9-1.el7_92023-01-25redhat
redhatgolang-0:1.18.9-1.el9_12023-01-23redhat
redhatopenshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel8:v2.7.1-82023-01-19redhat
redhatopenshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel8-operator:v4.12.0-202301042354.p0.gfeb14fb.assembly.stream2023-01-17redhat
redhatopenshift-clients-0:4.12.0-202301042257.p0.g854f807.assembly.stream.el82023-01-17redhat
redhatopenshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel8:v2.6.1-232022-12-08redhat
redhatopenshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel8-operator:v4.11.0-202211072116.p0.g7a30e38.assembly.stream2022-11-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
stdlib—1.19.2—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(9)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-2879?
CVE-2022-2879 is a high vulnerability published on October 14, 2022. Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.
When was CVE-2022-2879 disclosed?
CVE-2022-2879 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 14, 2022, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2022-2879 actively exploited?
CVE-2022-2879 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 72.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-2879?
CVE-2022-2879 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2022-2879?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-2879, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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