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CVE-2022-48933

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48933 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Netfilter nf_tables component of the Linux kernel, affecting versions where stateful objects can be updated. This flaw, rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, could lead to a denial-of-service condition due to resource exhaustion. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4, < 5.4.182CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.103CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
11.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 52nd 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 Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48933Moderate

kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update

Aug 22, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/34bb90e407e3288f610558beaae54ecaa32b11c4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/53026346a94c43f35c32b18804041bc483271d87
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7e9880e81d3fd6a43c202f205717485290432826
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dad3bdeef45f81a6e90204bcc85360bb76eccec7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e96e204ee6fa46702f6c94c3c69a09e69e0eac52
Patch