ALPINE-CVE-2022-42719

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CVE-2022-42719
Published: 13 Oct 2022, 23:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Oct 2022, 23:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•linux-lts

    < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0 | < 5.15.74-r0

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