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CVE-2022-3629

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3629 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's vsock_connect function within the net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c file, affecting Debian Linux and general Linux Kernel distributions. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, and its primary impact is a denial of service due to memory exhaustion. Exploitation is considered difficult, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.6LOW

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,511 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-3629Low

kernel: memory leak in the function vsock_connect of Virtual Socket Protocol

Aug 8, 2022

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next.git/commit
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory