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CVE-2022-48665

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48665 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's exFAT filesystem driver, affecting systems with large capacity partitions. It stems from an integer overflow when processing sector indexes on partitions exceeding 2TB, potentially leading to data corruption or system instability. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this local vulnerability requires low privileges and no user interaction, with a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.19, < 5.19.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 46th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48665Low

kernel: exfat: fix overflow for large capacity partition

Apr 28, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/17244f71765dfec39e84493993993e896c376d09
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2e9ceb6728f1dc2fa4b5d08f37d88cbc49a20a62
Patch