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CVE-2022-21742

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21742 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Realtek USB driver, stemming from insufficient parameter length verification in an API function. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker on the local area network (LAN) to disrupt services, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.42, <= 7.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:realtek:rtl8156_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.49, <= 8.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:realtek:rtl8156_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.28, < 10.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:realtek:rtl8156_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.42, <= 7.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:realtek:rtl8156b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.49, <= 8.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:realtek:rtl8156b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

twcert.org.tw / tw/cp-132-6057-1cd0d-1.html
Third Party Advisory