CVE-2022-50240

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2025-09-15 14:01Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 08:57Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-09-15

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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a9efe408f15503529c18ce9ac53d37b390d441e220c8825c3d146411259c6bda

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27a594bc7a7c8238d239e3cdbcf2edfa3bbe9a1b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015ac18be7de25d17d6e5f1643cb3b60bfbe859e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622ef885a89ad04cfb76ee478fb44f051125d1f1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/925e6b6f82c9c80ab3c17acbde8d16f349da7d26
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec3f76a436d750fd5023caec5da0494fc2870d2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a43cfc87caaf46710c8027a8c23b8a55f1078f19