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title: "CVE-2022-2274\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2274?format=md
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# CVE-2022-2274

Publication date 1 July 2022

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2274?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The OpenSSL 3.0.4 release introduced a serious bug in the RSA
implementation for X86\_64 CPUs supporting the AVX512IFMA instructions. This
issue makes the RSA implementation with 2048 bit private keys incorrect on
such machines and memory corruption will happen during the computation. As
a consequence of the memory corruption an attacker may be able to trigger a
remote code execution on the machine performing the computation. SSL/TLS
servers or other servers using 2048 bit RSA private keys running on
machines supporting AVX512IFMA instructions of the X86\_64 architecture are
affected by this issue.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2274?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| edk2 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| nodejs | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| openssl | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| openssl1.0 | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2274?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

introduced in 10d8a109be0fe50315e4eeb0676f6571914cd47a (v3.0.4)

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This was fixed in d/p/fix-avx512-overflow.patch

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openssl | * Upstream:   <https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4d8a88c134df634ba610ff8db1eb8478ac5fd345> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2274)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2274)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-2274)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2274)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/18625>
* <https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20220705.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2274>
