Is CVE-2022-50749 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-50749 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-50749?

CVE-2022-50749 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50749?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-50749

UNSCORED

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: acct: fix potential integer overflow in encode_comp_t() The integer overflow is descripted with following codes: > 317 static comp_t encode_comp_t(u64 value) > 318 { > 319 int exp, rnd; ...... > 341 exp <<= MANTSIZE; > 342 exp += value; > 343 return exp; > 344 } Currently comp_t is defined as type of '__u16', but the variable 'exp' is type of 'int', so overflow would happen when variable 'exp' in line 343 is greater than 65535.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.178-1CVE-2022-50749

Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50749

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

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

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