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CVE-2022-43750

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-43750 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the usbmon driver (mon_bin.c) of the Linux kernel, affecting versions before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1, including Debian Linux. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), it allows a high-privileged local attacker to corrupt the monitor's internal memory, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.21, < 4.9.331CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.296CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.262CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.218CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.148CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (13)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18568-16820Fixed in: 5.10.153.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18569-16823Fixed in: 5.15.77.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.77.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.77.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.153.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.153.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.90.1.rt56.1235.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.90.1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Oct/CVE-2022-43750Moderate

drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c in usbmon in the Linux kernel before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory.

Oct 11, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-43750Moderate

kernel: memory corruption in usbmon driver

Sep 22, 2022

References

cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.15
Release NotesVendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.1
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/a659daf63d16aa883be42f3f34ff84235c302198
PatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory