CVE-2022-2529 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-2529

Multiple DoS Attack Vectors in sflow packet handling

Vulnerability Description

sflow decode package does not employ sufficient packet sanitisation which can lead to a denial of service attack. Attackers can craft malformed packets causing the process to consume large amounts of memory resulting in a denial of service.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Justin Timperio, Chase Hiltz

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

goflow
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: September 30th, 2022
Last Modified: May 20th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20 CWE-400

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1498 Network Denial of Service
Impact