CVE-2022-42719
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.63%Published: 10/13/2022Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2022-42719
Description
A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/linux-ltsfrom 0, < 5.15.74-r0
- Debian/linuxfrom 0, < 5.10.149-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |