CVE-2022-50437

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

01/10/2025

Last modified:

21/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/hdmi: fix memory corruption with too many bridges Add the missing sanity check on the bridge counter to avoid corrupting data beyond the fixed-sized bridge array in case there are ever more than eight bridges. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/502670/

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.12 (including)	4.9.332 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.14.298 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.264 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.223 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.153 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.77 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.0.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-50437

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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