CVE-2022-47518

high

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.0.11. Missing validation of the number of channels in drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c in the WILC1000 wireless driver can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow when copying the list of operating channels from Wi-Fi management frames.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0007/

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123153543.8568-5-philipturnbull%40github.com

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0cdfa9e6f0915e3d243e2393bfa8a22e12d553b0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-18

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High