VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-0742
CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability5.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Description
Memory leak in icmp6 implementation in Linux Kernel 5.13+ allows a remote attacker to DoS a host by making it go out-of-memory via icmp6 packets of type 130 or 131. We recommend upgrading past commit 2d3916f3189172d5c69d33065c3c21119fe539fc.
Weakness classification
- cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-275
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401
Primary references
- cve-coordination@google.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve-coordination@google.com — Third Party Advisory
- cve-coordination@google.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory