What is CVE-2022-3595?

CVE-2022-3595 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119). CVE-2022-3595 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3595?

CVE-2022-3595 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-2022-3595?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-3595. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-3595 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-3595 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CVE-2022-3595

Medium

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function sess_free_buffer of the file fs/cifs/sess.c of the component CIFS Handler. The manipulation leads to double free. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211364.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2022-10-18

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-119

CVE-2022-3595 is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability

What is Buffer Overflow?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-3595 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Vuldb
https://vuldb.com/?id.211364

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=b854b4ee66437e6e1622fda90529c814978cb4ca
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-3595

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2022-10-18

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3595?

CVE-2022-3595 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119) . CVE-2022-3595 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3595?

CVE-2022-3595 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-2022-3595?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-3595. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-3595 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-3595 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. View CWE-119 on MITRE CWE →