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Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-26966

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.12. drivers/net/usb/sr9700.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from heap memory via crafted frame lengths from a device.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.16.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26966
Debian:13linux5.16.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26966
Debian:14linux5.16.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26966
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-26966
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-26966
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-26966

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References