CVE-2022-49070 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's fbdev subsystem, specifically affecting framebuffers without an underlying device, such as OF framebuffers. This flaw can lead to a kernel crash and denial of service (A:H). It has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requiring low privileges (PR:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.15.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.16.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.15.33, < 5.15.34CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16.19, < 5.16.20CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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