CVE-2022-38871 — In Free5gc v3
In Free5gc v3.0.5, the AMF breaks due to malformed NAS messages.
Published
2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-30T14:05:04.813Z
01What is this vulnerability?
In Free5gc v3.0.5, the AMF breaks due to malformed NAS messages.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-04-30T14:05:04.813Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/198
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