CVE-2022-24963

Publication date 31 January 2023

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_encode functions of Apache Portable Runtime (APR) allows an attacker to write beyond bounds of a buffer. This issue affects Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.7.0.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apr 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.7.0-8ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

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apr_encode_* API, which contains the affected code was added in version 1.7.0, so earlier version than that are not affected.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
apr

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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