CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-27666

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
5.52%

92th percentile - higher than 92% of all known CVEs

Summary

A heap buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c allows a local attacker with normal privileges to overwrite kernel heap objects, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a patched version and restrict local access.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS