CVE-2022-49023

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison For vendor elements, the code here assumes that 5 octets are present without checking. Since the element itself is already checked to fit, we only need to check the length.

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 3.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (6)
linux/Kernel 5.1.0 - 5.4.226linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.82linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.12linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.158linux
linux/linux_kernel 6.1 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.1 - 5.4.226
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026