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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2022-1473 json

Resource leakage when decoding certificates and keys

published 2022-05-03 4 y ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also GHSA-g323-fr93-4j3c , RUSTSEC-2022-0025 , EUVD-2022-3867

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The OPENSSL_LH_flush() function, which empties a hash table, contains a bug that breaks reuse of the memory occuppied by the removed hash table entries. This function is used when decoding certificates or keys. If a long lived process periodically decodes certificates or keys its memory usage will expand without bounds and the process might be terminated by the operating system causing a denial of service. Also traversing the empty hash table entries will take increasingly more time. Typically such long lived processes might be TLS clients or TLS servers configured to accept client certificate authentication. The function was added in the OpenSSL 3.0 version thus older releases are not affected by the issue. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.3 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2).

Patch / fix

  • crates.io openssl-src 300.0.6
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • openssl Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.0.2-0ubuntu1.1
  • openssl Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.20+esm3
  • openssl Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.fips.4.20.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1473

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openssl RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
  • openssl-libs RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
  • openssl-perl RHEL 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:6224

  • openssl-3 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 3.0.1-150400.4.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2306-1

  • openssl-3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12204-1

  • openssl AlmaLinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
  • openssl-libs AlmaLinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0
  • openssl-perl AlmaLinux 9 1:3.0.1-41.el9_0

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:6224

  • openssl Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 3.0.3-r0
  • openssl3 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15 3.0.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-1473

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1473 updated cvss 7.5

openssl: OPENSSL_LH_flush() breaks reuse of memory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) openssl-perl 3.0.1-41.el9_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) openssl 3.0.1-41.el9_0, openssl-libs 3.0.1-41.el9_0
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:6224
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl, openssl-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ovmf, OVMF, AAVMF, openssl, openssl-libs, openssl-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 edk2, shim, openssl, shim-x64, edk2-ovmf, shim-aa64, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 edk2, shim, shim-x64, edk2-ovmf, shim-aa64, edk2-tools, +2 more Red Hat JBoss Core Services jbcs-httpd24-openssl jbcs-httpd24-openssl Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 openssl
    +1 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openssl, openssl-libs, openssl-perl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-12 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens SINAMICS Medium Voltage Products

  • Siemens SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 6SR5
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-075-01 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens SCALANCE, RUGGEDCOM Third-Party

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) EU (6GK6108-4AM00-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens RUGGEDCOM RM1224 LTE(4G) NAM (6GK6108-4AM00-2DA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M804PB (6GK5804-0AP00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router (Annex A) (6GK5812-1AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M812-1 ADSL-Router (Annex B) (6GK5812-1BA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router (Annex A) (6GK5816-1AA00-2AA2) <V7.2
    +14 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE M816-1 ADSL-Router (Annex B) (6GK5816-1BA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M826-2 SHDSL-Router (6GK5826-2AB00-2AB2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M874-2 (6GK5874-2AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M874-3 (6GK5874-3AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (EVDO) (6GK5876-3AA02-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-3 (ROK) (6GK5876-3AA02-2EA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (6GK5876-4AA10-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (EU) (6GK5876-4AA00-2BA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE M876-4 (NAM) (6GK5876-4AA00-2DA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE MUM853-1 (EU) (6GK5853-2EA00-2DA1) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (EU) (6GK5856-2EA00-3DA1) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE MUM856-1 (RoW) (6GK5856-2EA00-3AA1) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE S615 (6GK5615-0AA00-2AA2) <V7.2 Siemens SCALANCE S615 EEC (6GK5615-0AA01-2AA2) <V7.2
    affected: fixed in V7.2 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-047-03 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens Brownfield Connectivity Client

  • Siemens Brownfield Connectivity - Client <V2.15
    affected: fixed in V2.15

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

4.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io openssl-src
>=300.0.0, <300.0.6
300.0.6

Affected products

  • OpenSSL OpenSSL
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
  • Siemens SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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