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CVE-2022-42432

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42432 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting Linux Kernel 6.0-rc2, specifically within the nft_osf_eval function due to uninitialized memory. It has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), requiring high privileges for exploitation, and could lead to sensitive information disclosure. While it can be chained with other vulnerabilities for arbitrary code execution, there is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 3,720 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-42432Low

kernel: netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: uninitialized variable information disclosure vulnerability

Sep 22, 2022

References

patchwork.ozlabs.org / project/netfilter-devel/patch/20220907082618.1193201-1-pablo%40netfilter.org
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-1457
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry