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CVE-2022-49484

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49484 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the mt7915_mac_fill_rx_vector routine of the Linux kernel's mt76 wireless driver, specifically affecting systems where the chip doesn't support dbdc and reports band_idx as 1. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, it has a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and could lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.12, < 5.18.3CPE 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
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 56th 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 (2)

redhatCVE-2022-49484Moderate

kernel: mt76: mt7915: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_mac_fill_rx_vector

Feb 26, 2025
microsoft2025-Feb/CVE-2022-49484

mt76: mt7915: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in mt7915_mac_fill_rx_vector

Feb 11, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/268e8ef187eb8780d021b0e4f5ffa92dee5c4983
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/62fdc974894eec80d678523458cf99bbdb887e22
Patch