CVE-2022-49972

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 9.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-06-18 11:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 08:56Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-06-18

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-824Access of Uninitialized PointerBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b1127d01d75b74c565670999546eae8be6989dad70ab98040b7df88a09a5ef79

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c75891d56ab6fe5ba0d415bfad91d514a4027cd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ca14ed98c87cfe0d1408cc65a9745d9e9b7a56