Is CVE-2022-50162 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-50162 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-50162?

CVE-2022-50162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-50162?

CVE-2022-50162 has an EPSS score of 0.16% (5th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50162?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-50162

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe() usb_get_dev will be called before lbs_get_firmware_async which means that usb_put_dev need to be called when lbs_get_firmware_async fails.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.140-1CVE-2022-50162

Fixed in:6.0.2-1CVE-2022-50162

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

0.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

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