Dell PowerScale OneFS heapbased buf overflow (v8.2.x9.3.x)
CVE-2022-34454 Published on February 10, 2023

Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.3.x, contain a heap-based buffer overflow. A local privileged malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to system takeover. This impacts compliance mode clusters.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-34454 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().


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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.13%
Percentile
32.10%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.