CVE-2022-42720
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.73%Published: 10/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2022-42720DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42720
Description
Various refcounting bugs in the multi-BSS handling in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel 5.1 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by local attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to trigger use-after-free conditions to 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 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |