Medium severity · published Jun 30, 2022
CVE-2022-2078
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() ,…
5.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
kernel 5.19 rc1 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
VI
Virtualization · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2078
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2096178
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c?id=fecf31ee395b0295f2d7260aa29946b7605f7c85
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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