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CVE-2022-37454

CVE-2022-37454CRITICAL

n/a n/a — The Keccak XKCP SHA-3 reference implementation before fdc6fef has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow that allows attackers…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .0741   94.4     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  n/a      unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Aug 7   Reserved by mitre
  Oct 21  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-37454. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-190 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 17 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

The Keccak XKCP SHA-3 reference implementation before fdc6fef has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or eliminate expected cryptographic properties. This occurs in the sponge function interface.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 7, 2022	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
October 21, 2022	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-37454. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-190

References (17)

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-455250.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-806742.html
https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/hash-functions/sha-3-project [Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource]
https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/331
https://github.com/XKCP/XKCP/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4m-2xhg-2658 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00041.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00000.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ALQ6BDDPX5HU5YBQOBMDVAA2TSGDKIJ/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMIEXLMTW5GO36HTFFWIPB3OHZXCT3G4/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://mouha.be/sha-3-buffer-overflow/ [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33281106 [Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35050307
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0001/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5267 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5269 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-37454 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-190

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-37454 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.