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CVE-2022-1215

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1215 describes a format string vulnerability in freedesktop libinput. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited locally with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.10.0, < 1.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libinput:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.19.0, < 1.19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libinput:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libinput:1.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libinput 1.21.0-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.21.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18694-16823Fixed in: 1.21.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 libinput 1.16.5-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.16.5-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18693-16820Fixed in: 1.16.5-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 1.21.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 1.21.0-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 1.16.5-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 1.16.5-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libinput-0:1.16.3-3.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libinput-0:1.19.3-2.el9_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-1215

CVE-2022-1215

Jun 14, 2022
microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-1215Important

A format string vulnerability was found in libinput

May 10, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-1215Moderate

libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation

Apr 20, 2022

References

seclists.org / oss-sec/2022/q2/47
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202310-14
Third Party Advisory