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CVE-2022-48945

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48945 is a bug in the Linux kernel's vivid media driver, specifically affecting the handling of compose size boundaries. It can lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to a page fault during memory operations, as observed by syzkaller. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to trigger, with a high impact on availability (A:H). There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.18, < 4.9.337CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.303CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.270CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.229CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.163CPE 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
11.2%
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 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48945Moderate

kernel: media: vivid: fix compose size exceed boundary

Sep 23, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2f558c5208b0f70c8140e08ce09fcc84da48e789
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/54f259906039dbfe46c550011409fa16f72370f6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5edc3604151919da8da0fb092b71d7dce07d848a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8c0ee15d9a102c732d0745566d254040085d5663
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/94a7ad9283464b75b12516c5512541d467cefcf8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9c7fba9503b826f0c061d136f8f0c9f953ed18b9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ab54081a2843aefb837812fac5488cc8f1696142
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ccb5392c4fea0e7d9f7ab35567e839d74cb3998b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f9d19f3a044ca651b0be52a4bf951ffe74259b9f
Patch