CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49405

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the staging r8188eu WiFi driver in the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found due to missing check before writing to the ->Ssid array in the rtw_wx_set_scan() function. There is a check to prevent read overflow, but no check to prevent writing beyond the end of the array, which can lead to buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can lead to buffer overflow, potentially causing system crash or arbitrary code execution by an attacker.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that adds proper bounds checking before writing to the ->Ssid array to prevent out-of-bounds write.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: r8188eu: prevent ->Ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan() This code has a check to prevent read overflow but it needs another check to prevent writing beyond the end of the ->Ssid[] array.

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