CVE-2022-42719
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.63%
Description
A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.
How to fix CVE-2022-42719
To remediate CVE-2022-42719, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/linux-lts—upgrade to 5.15.74-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 5.10.149-1 or later
Is CVE-2022-42719 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.15.74-r0
- from 0, < 5.10.149-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |