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CVE-2022-49166

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49166 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's NTFS driver, where a zero-sized memory allocation can trigger a bug during inode reading. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and privilege requirement, with a potential impact of high availability loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.9.311CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.276CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.238CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.189CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.110CPE 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
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 73rd 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-2022-49166

kernel: ntfs: add sanity check on allocation size

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/07793d2e55563124108762f4e5f811db92ffe02f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/115fae2c1566eacc5ad2055f72521354612e72c3
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/21d490232f323ed4053eb9924615e6fea291f154
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/24ab2d4ef52c2dbb62a60844b87fc8872383407a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/714fbf2647b1a33d914edd695d4da92029c7e7c0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b230f2d9441a34c7f483d39ab78519bcf73cc2e0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bd8d7daa0e53b184a2f3c6e0d47330780d0a0650
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c641087d381a08363e5f14179bc6b0a23eca7c47
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fe41ad8be036a3de3e4bdde709551aeb4de2fe7d
Patch