What is CVE-2022-2078?

CVE-2022-2078 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2022-2078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2078?

CVE-2022-2078 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-2078?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-2078. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-2078 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-2078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-2078

Medium

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and possibly to run code.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-06-30

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-121

CVE-2022-2078 is classified as CWE-121

See CWE-121 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-2078 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2096178

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5161

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c?id=fecf31ee395b0295f2d7260aa29946b7605f7c85
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-2078

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-06-30

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2078?

CVE-2022-2078 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2022-2078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-2078?

CVE-2022-2078 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-2078?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-2078. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-2078 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-2078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.