CVE-2022-50437
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/hdmi: fix memory corruption with too many bridges
Add the missing sanity check on the bridge counter to avoid corrupting data beyond the fixed-sized bridge array in case there are ever more than eight bridges.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/502670/
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution75 %
Acceso local sin interacción (AV:L/PR:L/UI:N) con alto impacto de confidencialidad, integridad y disponibilidad; CWE-787 (buffer overflow) permite escalada de privilegios y ejecución de código en kernel.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08c7375fa27a8ceee028868e03ffb3a0db919d44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c43f3ec731c233eb84b66199ee76dbf3ec6ecae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c1294da6aed1f16d47a417dcfe6602833c3c95c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9efb45b45ff6254bfd1f1997a06725cb3fc998a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9c1a6991a9b5aa6d0f2cbc9b8c3bf6c4d094dfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48949ab451eaf1e2c04c272c8a9a96a2b56546f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8f916b84e4b028ecad6c6472eaad543cc7df806
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed7f1ff87a4afea1bc220d2ff00a7ce8e61f0b53
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