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CVE-2022-3077

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3077 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver, specifically affecting the handling of I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL with malicious input. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), it requires local access and low privileges, but does not impact confidentiality or integrity, only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.11, < 5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 59th 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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.144.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.144.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.67.1-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.67.1-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18617-16823Fixed in: 5.15.67.1-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18610-16820Fixed in: 5.10.144.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.12.1.rt21.175.el9_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-3077Moderate

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel Intel’s iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the way it handled the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL case (via the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input data. This flaw could allow a local user to crash the system.

Sep 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-3077Moderate

kernel: i2c: unbounded length leads to buffer overflow in ismt_access()

Jun 2, 2022

References

github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/690b2549b19563ec5ad53e5c82f6a944d910086e
PatchThird Party Advisory