CVE-2022-42306
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2022 at 02:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetBackup
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-010#M1CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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