CVE-2022-38096CWE-476

CVE-2022-38096

Medium · published September 9, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in GPU component of Linux kernel with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain privilege, causing a denial of service(DoS).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00788 · 55.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2022-09-09T19:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20—
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 SEP 14:39Z
    There is a NULL pointer vulnerability in vmwgfx driver
    cvelistv5