VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-49023

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-10-21
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison For vendor elements, the code here assumes that 5 octets are present without checking. Since the element itself is already checked to fit, we only need to check the length.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120

Primary references