Medium severity · published Oct 26, 2022
CVE-2022-43750
drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c in usbmon in the Linux kernel before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory
6.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c in usbmon in the Linux kernel before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.21 before 4.9.331; 4.10 before 4.14.296; 4.15 before 4.19.262; 4.20 before 5.4.218; 5.5 before 5.10.148; 5.11 before 5.15.73; +2 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · 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-2022-43750
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43750
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.15
Release Notes
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a659daf63d16aa883be42f3f34ff84235c302198
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a659daf63d16aa883be42f3f34ff84235c302198
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
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