VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-1012

CVSS score8.2 HIGH
EPSS probability4.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-05
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Description

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of service problem.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references