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CVE-2022-49405
staging: r8188eu: prevent ->Ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan()
High7.8EPSS 0.27%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: r8188eu: prevent ->Ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan() This code has a check to prevent read overflow but it needs another check to prevent writing beyond the end of the ->Ssid[] array.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 2b42bd58b32155a1be4dd78991845dec05aaef9e – < ac2eab7de458f5e1210ce1237afab40a307075c8
- affected 2b42bd58b32155a1be4dd78991845dec05aaef9e – < c4bd6b72df4f01aa866ceb298466d6d07a6bd525
- affected 2b42bd58b32155a1be4dd78991845dec05aaef9e – < 476bfda0be0f9669add92bff604ca78226cf53d1
- affected 2b42bd58b32155a1be4dd78991845dec05aaef9e – < bc10916e890948d8927a5c8c40fb5dc44be5e1b8
- affected 5.15
- unaffected < 5.15
- unaffected 5.15.46 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.17.14 – ≤ 5.17.*
- unaffected 5.18.3 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2eab7de458f5e1210ce1237afab40a307075c8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4bd6b72df4f01aa866ceb298466d6d07a6bd525 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/476bfda0be0f9669add92bff604ca78226cf53d1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc10916e890948d8927a5c8c40fb5dc44be5e1b8 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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