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CVE-2022-50243

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50243 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. Specifically, an error in handling the sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key function can lead to the freeing of an active key while it is still in use, triggering a use-after-free when sending packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.19.199, < 4.19.262CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.136, < 5.4.220CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.10.54, < 5.10.150CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.13.6, < 5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.14.1, < 5.15.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.80.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.80.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50243Moderate

kernel: sctp: handle the error returned from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key

Sep 15, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/022152aaebe116a25c39818a07e175a8cd3c1e11
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/0f90099d18e3abdc01babf686f41f63fe04939c1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/19d636b663e0e92951bba5fced929ca7fd25c552
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/382ff44716603a54f5fd238ddec6a2468e217612
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3b0fcf5e29c0940e1169ce9c44f73edd98bdf12d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b8fa99a3a11bdd77fef6b4a97f1021eb30b5ba40
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f65955340e0044f5c41ac799a01698ac7dee8a4e
Patch