CVE-2022-42431 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Tesla Model 3 vehicles and their firmware. The flaw, residing in the bcmdhd driver, stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied data lengths, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. While rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), exploitation requires prior privileged code execution on the target system. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2022.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tesla:model_3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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