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CVE-2022-2873

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2873 describes an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in the Linux kernel's Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver. This vulnerability allows a local user to crash the system by providing malicious input data via the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA ioctl. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, it has a local attack vector with low complexity, resulting in high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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 (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18605-16820Fixed in: 5.10.145.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18506-16823Fixed in: 5.15.70.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.145.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.145.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.70.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.70.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.18.1.rt21.181.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.18.1.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.75.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-425.13.1.rt7.223.el8_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Aug/CVE-2022-2873Moderate

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

Aug 9, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-2873Moderate

kernel: an out-of-bounds vulnerability in i2c-ismt driver

Jul 29, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00000.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
lore.kernel.org / lkml/20220729093451.551672-1-zheyuma97%40gmail.com/T
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230120-0001
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5324
Third Party Advisory