CVE-2022-37706

Publication date 25 December 2022

Last updated 3 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
e17 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 0.25.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 0.23.1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 0.17.6-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 0.17.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8981-1
    • Enlightenment vulnerability
    • 3 November 2026

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