Is CVE-2022-50101 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-50101 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-50101?

CVE-2022-50101 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-50101?

CVE-2022-50101 has an EPSS score of 0.21% (12th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50101?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.140-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-50101

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: video: fbdev: vt8623fb: Check the size of screen before memset_io() In the function vt8623fb_set_par(), the value of 'screen_size' is calculated by the user input. If the user provides the improper value, the value of 'screen_size' may larger than 'info->screen_size', which may cause the following bug: [ 583.339036] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90005000000 [ 583.339049] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 583.339052] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page [ 583.339074] RIP: 0010:memset_orig+0x33/0xb0 [ 583.339110] Call Trace: [ 583.339118] vt8623fb_set_par+0x11cd/0x21e0 [ 583.339146] fb_set_var+0x604/0xeb0 [ 583.339181] do_fb_ioctl+0x234/0x670 [ 583.339209] fb_ioctl+0xdd/0x130 Fix the this by checking the value of 'screen_size' before memset_io().

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.140-1CVE-2022-50101

Fixed in:6.0.2-1CVE-2022-50101

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

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

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