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title: "CVE-2022-1185\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-1185

Publication date 4 April 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1185?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A denial of service vulnerability when rendering RDoc files in GitLab CE/EE
versions 10 to 14.7.7, 14.8.0 to 14.8.5, and 14.9.0 to 14.9.2 allows an
attacker to crash the GitLab web application with a maliciously crafted
RDoc file

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gitlab | 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1185)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1185)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-1185)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1185)

### Other references

* <https://hackerone.com/reports/1415071>
* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/349148>
* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-1185.json>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1185>