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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106
Vulnerability in emscripten (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106)
Summary
vulnerability in emscripten (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106** has been found in emscripten.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade emscripten to **2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "emscripten UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24106 (emscripten) —
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Patched: `2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in emscripten.
📍 Affected scope
emscripten — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'emscripten' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'emscripten' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `emscripten` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade emscripten to 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1ステージング環境で 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
emscripten
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
xpdf
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
emscripten
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
texlive-bin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2+esm1"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
emscripten
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
texlive-bin
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.3"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
emscripten
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:25.10
emscripten
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:25.10
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
emscripten
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
ipe
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7985-1
- report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24106
- report https://dl.xpdfreader.com/old/xpdf-4.04.tar.gz
- report http://www.xpdfreader.com/old-versions.html
- report http://www.xpdfreader.com/security-fixes.html
- report https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-4.04.tar.gz
- report https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24106