VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-2873

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-08-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Primary references