Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-3239

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Kernel. 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 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel video4linux driver was found in the way user triggers em28xx_usb_probe() for the Empia 28xx based TV cards. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-kvm4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-kvm4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8ALSA-2023:2951
Debian:12linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3239
Debian:13linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3239
Debian:14linux5.17.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-37.39UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1011.14UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1008.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1008.10UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1007.8UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1010.11UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-37.39UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.175.17.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1009.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1011.13UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1012.13UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3239

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Kernel Linux kernel 5.18-rc1

Weakness: CWE-416

References