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CVE-2022-48718

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48718 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) subsystem, specifically affecting the mxsfb driver. This flaw allows a local attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (system crash) due to the driver incorrectly attempting to dereference a NULL pointer returned by drm_atomic_get_new_bridge_state. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium) and is not known to be actively exploited, with no public exploit code or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 5.15.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48718Low

kernel: drm: mxsfb: Fix NULL pointer dereference

Jun 20, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/622c9a3a7868e1eeca39c55305ca3ebec4742b64
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6f9267e01cca749137349d8ffb0d0ebbadf567f4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/86a337bb803040e4401b87c974a7fb92efe3d0e1
Patch