Is webbrowser affected by CVE-2022-45299?

crates.io webbrowser is affected in <0.8.3.

Is CVE-2022-45299 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.3%.

critical

CVE-2022-45299

Q: Is CVE-2022-45299 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.3%.

crates.io · webbrowser

Summary

webbrowser-rs allows attackers to access arbitrary files via supplying a crafted URL

Severity: critical
EPSS: 1.3% (p68)
Also known as: GHSA-m589-mv4q-p7rj
Published: 2023-01-13

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45299
https://github.com/amodm/webbrowser-rs/commit/431b5139e274b7e456bea27e768aaa121b97be4c
https://github.com/amodm/webbrowser-rs

Is your project exposed to this? Stateward checks every dependency on every pull request and flags it only if your code actually reaches it.

Check my repo

Summarize with AI

ChatGPT Claude Perplexity

Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.