Is CVE-2022-49173 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-49173 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-49173?

CVE-2022-49173 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-49173?

CVE-2022-49173 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49173?

Upgrade linux on debian 12 to 5.17.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-49173

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fsi: Implement a timeout for polling status The data transfer routines must poll the status register to determine when more data can be shifted in or out. If the hardware gets into a bad state, these polling loops may never exit. Prevent this by returning an error if a timeout is exceeded.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.17.3-1CVE-2022-49173

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

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