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CVE-2022-48949

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48949 is a memory leakage vulnerability in the Linux kernel's igb driver, specifically affecting virtual functions (VFs) when a MAC address is not assigned during a reset. This flaw could allow information from uninitialized stack memory to be leaked to a virtual machine (VM). Rated with a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it has a local attack vector with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0, < 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, < 5.10.161CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.85CPE 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:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 70th 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-2022-48949Low

kernel: igb: Initialize mailbox message for VF reset

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/367e1e3399dbc56fc669740c4ab60e35da632b0e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/51fd5ede7ed42f272682a0c33d6f0767b3484a3d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a6629659af3f5c6a91e3914ea62554c975ab77f4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c383c7c35c7bc15e07a04eefa060a8a80cbeae29
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c581439a977545d61849a72e8ed631cfc8a2a3c1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/de5dc44370fbd6b46bd7f1a1e00369be54a041c8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ef1d739dd1f362aec081278ff92f943c31eb177a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f2479c3daaabccbac6c343a737615d0c595c6dc4
Patch