CVE-2022-50050 addresses a potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Sound Open Firmware (SOF) Intel HDA driver. This flaw, categorized as CWE-787, could arise from the improper use of snprintf(), which was replaced with the safer scnprintf() function. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), a local attacker could potentially achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.10, < 5.15.63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16, < 5.19.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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