Is CVE-2022-50340 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-50340 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-50340?

CVE-2022-50340 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-50340?

CVE-2022-50340 has an EPSS score of 0.14% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50340?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.178-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-50340

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vimc: Fix wrong function called when vimc_init() fails In vimc_init(), when platform_driver_register(&vimc_pdrv) fails, platform_driver_unregister(&vimc_pdrv) is wrongly called rather than platform_device_unregister(&vimc_pdev), which causes kernel warning: Unexpected driver unregister! WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 14517 at drivers/base/driver.c:270 driver_unregister+0x8f/0xb0 RIP: 0010:driver_unregister+0x8f/0xb0 Call Trace: <TASK> vimc_init+0x7d/0x1000 [vimc] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4e0 do_init_module+0x1cf/0x6b0 load_module+0x65c2/0x7820

CWE-617

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.178-1CVE-2022-50340

Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50340

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

0.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch5

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CVE-2021-27212	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-5740	High	7.5	59%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-28425	Medium	5.5	55%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-01-14.