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CVE-2022-49358

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49358 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter nf_tables component, specifically affecting the handling of flow rule objects during the commit path. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, this local vulnerability (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L) could lead to a denial-of-service (A:H) condition due to resource exhaustion, requiring low privileges and no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.3, < 5.4.198CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.122CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.17.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.18, < 5.18.4CPE 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
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2022-49358Moderate

kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: memleak flow rule from commit path

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/330c0c6cd2150a2d7f47af16aa590078b0d2f736
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5b8d63489c3b701eb2a76f848ec94d8cbc9373b9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/80de9ea1f5b808a6601e91111fae601df2b26369
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9dd732e0bdf538b1b76dc7c157e2b5e560ff30d3
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ab9f34a30c23f656e76f4c5b83125a4e7b53c86e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e33d9bd563e71f6c6528b96008d65524a459c4dc
Patch