{"cve":"CVE-2022-49023","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T20:15:13.290","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:31.467","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison\n\nFor vendor elements, the code here assumes that 5 octets\nare present without checking. Since the element itself is\nalready checked to fit, we only need to check the length.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391cb872553627bdcf236c03ee7d5adb275e37e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6fe3707888bd1893e9741157a7035c4159ab6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6b79a3cd17620d467311b30d56f2648f6880aa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f16b5c82a025cd4c864737409234ddc44fb166a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c2ec288a865dbe3706b09bed12302e9f6d696b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49023","score":0.00375,"percentile":0.315,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}