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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-31169

🗓️ 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Unpatched CVE-2022-31169 on Linux: Wasmtime Cranelift AArch64 divisor bug; sandboxed WebAssembly may misbehave; host unaffected; patched in 0.38.2 and 0.85.2; no workaround

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(248261);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-31169");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-31169");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - Wasmtime is a standalone runtime for WebAssembly. There is a bug in Wasmtime's code generator, Cranelift,
    for AArch64 targets where constant divisors can result in incorrect division results at runtime. This
    affects Wasmtime prior to version 0.38.2 and Cranelift prior to 0.85.2. This issue only affects the
    AArch64 platform. Other platforms are not affected. The translation rules for constants did not take into
    account whether sign or zero-extension should happen which resulted in an incorrect value being placed
    into a register when a division was encountered. The impact of this bug is that programs executing within
    the WebAssembly sandbox would not behave according to the WebAssembly specification. This means that it is
    hypothetically possible for execution within the sandbox to go awry and WebAssembly programs could produce
    unexpected results. This should not impact hosts executing WebAssembly but does affect the correctness of
    guest programs. This bug has been patched in Wasmtime version 0.38.2 and cranelift-codegen 0.85.2. There
    are no known workarounds. (CVE-2022-31169)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31169");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-31169");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs38");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs52");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs68");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs78");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs91");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
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}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libmozjs-52-0"},
          {"reference": "libmozjs-52-dev"},
          {"reference": "mozjs38"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libmozjs-68-0"},
          {"reference": "libmozjs-68-dev"},
          {"reference": "mozjs52"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libmozjs-91-0"},
          {"reference": "libmozjs-91-dev"},
          {"reference": "mozjs78"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-dbg"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-dev"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-gnome-support"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-gnome-support-dbg"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-af"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ar"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ast"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-be"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-bg"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-bn"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-bn-bd"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-br"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ca"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-cak"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-cs"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-cy"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-da"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-de"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-dsb"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-el"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-en-gb"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-en-us"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-es-ar"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-es-es"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-fy-nl"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ga-ie"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-nb-no"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-nn-no"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-pa-in"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-pt-br"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-pt-pt"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-sv-se"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ta-lk"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-zh-cn"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-zh-tw"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-mozsymbols"},
          {"reference": "xul-ext-calendar-timezones"},
          {"reference": "xul-ext-gdata-provider"},
          {"reference": "xul-ext-lightning"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "thunderbird"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-af"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ar"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ast"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-be"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-bg"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-bn"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-bn-bd"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-br"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ca"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-cak"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-cs"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-cy"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-da"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-de"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-dsb"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-el"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-en"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-en-gb"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-en-us"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-es"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-es-ar"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-es-es"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-et"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-eu"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-fa"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-fi"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-fr"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-fy"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-fy-nl"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ga"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-ga-ie"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-gd"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-gl"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-he"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-hr"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-hsb"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-hu"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-hy"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-id"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-is"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird-locale-it"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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