{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2022-43995","details":"Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.9.12, with the crypt() password backend, contains a plugins/sudoers/auth/passwd.c array-out-of-bounds error that can result in a heap-based buffer over-read. This can be triggered by arbitrary local users with access to Sudo by entering a password of seven characters or fewer. The impact could vary depending on the system libraries, compiler, and processor architecture.","modified":"2026-08-27T22:18:02.054460135Z","published":"2022-11-02T14:15:16.187Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-43995"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-43995"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.14","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/sudo?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.0"},{"fixed":"1.9.12-r1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-43995.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.15","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/sudo?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.0"},{"fixed":"1.9.12-r1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2022-43995.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"}]}