CVE-2022-3821

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-11-09. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

An off-by-one Error issue was discovered in Systemd in format_timespan() function of time-util.c. An attacker could supply specific values for time and accuracy that leads to buffer overrun in format_timespan(), leading to a Denial of Service.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
25
EG Risk 25/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity55% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.4% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
36th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

November 8, 2022

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_commit, redhat.
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

SSA-398330

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 3474-1] systemd security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00036.html
Web page

systemd: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-15) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-15
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: systemd-249.13-6.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVBQC2VLSDVQAPJTEMTREXDL4HYLXG2P/
GitHub commit

commit 9102c625a673 (systemd/systemd)

Fix landed in systemd/systemd commit 9102c625a673 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9102c625a673a3246d7e73d8737f3494446bad4e
GitHub pull request

time-util: fix buffer-over-run

Fix merged in systemd/systemd PR #23933 on 2022-07-08 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/23933
Web page

Buffer overrun in format_timespan · Issue #23928 · systemd/systemd · GitHub

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/23928
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

2139327 – (CVE-2022-3821) CVE-2022-3821 systemd: buffer overrun in format_timespan() function

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139327

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntusystemd-standalone-tmpfiles (249.11-0ubuntu3.7) @ jammy2026-05-25ubuntu
redhatsystemd-0:239-58.el8_6.132024-03-05redhat
redhatsystemd-0:250-12.el9_1.12023-01-23redhat
redhatsystemd-0:239-68.el8_7.12023-01-12redhat

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

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd241-5 ... 241-7~deb10u9 (11 versions)
  • every version up to 241-7~deb10u10: fixed in 241-7~deb10u10
—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd247.3-6, 247.3-7, 247.3-7+deb11u1
  • every version up to 247.3-7+deb11u2: fixed in 247.3-7+deb11u2
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 251.3-1: fixed in 251.3-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 251.3-1: fixed in 251.3-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
systemd—
  • every version up to 251.3-1: fixed in 251.3-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(4)

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 8× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 92 of 196 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 8 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 104 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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  12. 2026-10-14 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-cwpv-5v9v-5797 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-3821?
CVE-2022-3821 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on November 8, 2022. An off-by-one Error issue was discovered in Systemd in formattimespan() function of time-util.c. An attacker could supply specific values for time and accuracy that leads to buffer overrun in formattimespan(), leading to a Denial of Service.
When was the CVE record for CVE-2022-3821 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2022-3821 was published on November 8, 2022. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 14, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2022-3821 actively exploited?
CVE-2022-3821 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (36th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-3821?
CVE-2022-3821 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2022-3821?
A fix for CVE-2022-3821 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2022-3821 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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