CVE-2022-42306 json
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products.
published 2022-10-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45381
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 8.2 and related Veritas products. An attacker with local access can send a crafted packet to pbx_exchange during registration and cause a NULL pointer exception, effectively crashing the pbx_exchange process.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:C/UI:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
-
veritas.com
/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-010#M1
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-42306
- NVD CVE-2022-42306
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