High severity · published Jun 2, 2022
CVE-2022-1215
A format string vulnerability was found in libinput
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libinput · Freedesktop
1.10.0 before 1.18.2; 1.19.0 before 1.19.4; 1.20.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1215
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1215
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q2/47
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-14
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