CVE-2022-22942

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22942
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-22942.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-22942
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-12-13T09:15:33Z
Modified
2025-08-26T06:33:25.911006Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes on the system through a dangling 'file' pointer.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.92-2

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4
5.10.46-5
5.10.70-1~bpo10+1
5.10.70-1
5.10.84-1
5.10.92-1~bpo10+1
5.10.92-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.15-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.15-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.15-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}