CVE detail

CVE-2022-0185 — Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published 2024-08-21 · Modified 2024-08-21 · Source kev

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

n/a

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.2515

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

98.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

LISTED

CISA KEV

due 2024-09-11

Description

Linux kernel contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality. This allows an attacker to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API and ultimately escalate privileges.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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