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CVE-2022-41674

CVE-2022-41674HIGH

n/a n/a — An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19.16.

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   A   L   N   N  U  H  N  H    8.1   .0414   90.7     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Sep 28  Reserved by mitre
  Oct 13  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-41674. Public exploit reference added.

CWE-787 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 12 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19.16. Attackers able to inject WLAN frames could cause a buffer overflow in the ieee80211_bss_info_update function in net/mac80211/scan.c.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 28, 2022	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
October 13, 2022	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2022-41674. Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (12)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/2 [Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203770 [Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/net/mac80211/scan.c [Vendor Advisory]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=aebe9f4639b13a1f4e9a6b42cdd2e38c617b442d [Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5 [Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-41674 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-787

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2022-41674 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.