CVE-2022-40673 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

KDiskMark before 3.1.0 lacks authorization checking for D-Bus methods such as Helper::flushPageCache.

Published: 2022-09-14

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kdiskmark_project:kdiskmark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43944	KDiskMark before 3.1.0 lacks authorization checking for D-Bus methods such as Helper::flushPageCache.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00355.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/14/1
https://github.com/JonMagon/KDiskMark/commit/3c90083a4f5ba3f240a797e509d818221542bbdc
https://github.com/JonMagon/KDiskMark/compare/3.0.0...3.1.0
https://github.com/JonMagon/KDiskMark/releases/tag/3.1.0
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YYO3GWTNPHNCLHSI562Q3KX43PW7FQ4Q/

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00036}`	epss `{'score': 0.00038}`

Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora

Kdiskmark Project Kdiskmark

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-14T05:12:16.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.575Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40673

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-14T11:15:53.837

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:01:48.833

Link: CVE-2022-40673

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862
Missing Authorization

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