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CVE-2022-36280

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-36280 is an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the vmwgfx driver within the Linux kernel's GPU component, affecting Debian and other Linux kernel versions. A local attacker with a user account can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and has low attack complexity, impacting system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2, <= 5.13.0-52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17992-16820Fixed in: 5.10.168.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.168.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.168.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-36280Moderate

There is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

Sep 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-36280Moderate

kernel: vmwgfx: out-of-bounds write in vmw_kms_cursor_snoop

Sep 9, 2022

References

bugzilla.openanolis.cn / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00000.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5324
Third Party Advisory