Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2022-0185

TLP:CLEAR

Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: Linux
  • Product: Kernel
  • CVSS: 8.4
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 25.2 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 21 August 2024
  • First known exploitation: 21 August 2024
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 11 September 2024
  • Weakness: CWE-190
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 21 August 2024

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD