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CVE-2022-3977

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3977 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) functionality. This flaw, affecting Linux kernel versions, allows a local attacker to crash the system or potentially escalate privileges by simultaneously calling DROPTAG ioctl and closing a socket. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it presents a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges to exploit, with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.18, < 5.19.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0, < 6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-3977Moderate

kernel: use-after-free bug in mctp_sk_unhash in net/mctp/af_mctp.c

Oct 23, 2022

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230223-0005
Third Party Advisory