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CVE-2022-50233

Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name}

High7.8EPSS 0.15%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting string needs to be truncated or not.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-50233, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
LinuxCNA (assigner)3.1High7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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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

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 4c3dbb2c312c9fafbac30d98c523b8b1f3455d78 – < dd7b8cdde098cf9f7c8de409b5b7bbb98f97be80
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 4.14
    • unaffected < 4.14
    • unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *

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