CVE-2022-50459

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

0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 7.2% 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

2025-10-01 11:45Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 08:58Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-01

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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4c0ef10d58b15bc89d355491074ee0d17d186c671ca8f9ade23d3148764ca254

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/884a788f065578bb640382279a83d1df433b13e6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a26b0658751bb0a3b28386fca715333b104d32a2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/897dbbc57d71e8a34ec1af8e573a142de457da38
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0b861fce2657ba08ec356a74346b37ca4b2008
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57569c37f0add1b6489e1a1563c71519daf732cf