CVE-2022-36280

There is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Sep 9, 2022
Updated
Oct 14, 2026
Reserved
Sep 7, 2022

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Description

An out-of-bounds(OOB) memory access vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_kms.c in GPU component in the Linux kernel with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain privilege, causing a denial of service(DoS).

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HAnolis

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kernelLinux
  • v3.2-rc1 to before 5.13.0-52*Affected

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