CVE-2022-22942

CWE-416Use After Free14 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
13.5%
top 5.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

Debianlinux< 5.10.92-2+3
CVEListV5photon_os3.0, 4.0
NVDvmware/photon_os3.0, 4.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r3gf-pg53-xqph: The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes2023-12-13
OSV
CVE-2022-22942: The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes2023-12-13
CVEList
CVE-2022-22942: The vmwgfx driver contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain access to files opened by other processes2023-12-13

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CVE-2022-22942 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | The vmwgfx driver contains a local | cvebase.io