JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA prior 2022.2.4 on macOS fsnotifier Daemon buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA on macOS. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component fsnotifier Daemon. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-46824. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA on macOS. This issue affects an unknown function of the component fsnotifier Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2022.2.4 a buffer overflow in the fsnotifier daemon on macOS was possible.

The weakness was released 12/09/2022. The advisory is shared at jetbrains.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-46824 since 12/08/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2022.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 5.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2.4

Timelineinfo

12/08/2022 🔍
12/09/2022 +1 days 🔍
12/09/2022 +0 days 🔍
01/02/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jetbrains.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-46824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-46824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215201

Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2022 08:42
Updated: 01/02/2023 09:18
Changes: 12/09/2022 08:42 (50), 01/02/2023 09:18 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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