Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) QAT Engine for OpenSSL before version 0.6.16 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable…

published 2023-05-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-46505

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper buffer restrictions in the Intel(R) QAT Engine for OpenSSL before version 0.6.16 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

intel quickassist_technology_engine 0.6.16

qatengine SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.6.10-150400.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3290-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-27)

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) QAT Engine for OpenSSL

Classification

Weakness

CWE-92 DEPRECATED: Improper Sanitization of Custom Special Characters
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00798.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-43507
NVD CVE-2022-43507

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Summary