CVE-2022-27666: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-27666 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 5.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 39 · Duplicates 1 · Related 24Timeline
- 23-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
5.52%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.52% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat99 products
- enterprise_linux8.0
- virtualization4.0
- bpftool< 0:4.18.0-147.67.1.el8_1
- bpftool-debuginfo< 0:4.18.0-147.67.1.el8_1
- kernel< 0:4.18.0-147.67.1.el8_1
Ubuntu69 products
- linux< 5.4.0-107.121 | < 4.15.0-175.184
- linux-aws< 5.4.0-1071.76 | < 4.15.0-1126.135
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13< 5.13.0-1021.23~20.04.2
Suse13 products
- kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_24&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15< 14-150000.2.1
- kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_25&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15< 11-150000.2.1
- kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_26&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15< 6-150000.2.1
- kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_27&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15< 3-150000.2.1
- kernel-livepatch-SLE15_Update_28&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15< 2-150000.2.1
Debian2 products
- linux< 5.16.18-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL34 | 35
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 4.11, < 4.14.274 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.237 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.188 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.108 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.29 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.15 | 5.17:rc1 | 5.17:rc2 | 5.17:rc3 | 5.17:rc4 | 5.17:rc5 | 5.17:rc6 | 5.17:rc7
7 vendors · 193 products
References
39 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2061633X Refsource MISCREPORTIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ebe48d368e97d007bfeb76fcb065d6cfc4c96645X Refsource MISCARTICLEPatchThird Party Advisory
Show all 39 references
- git.kernel.org/pub/…REPORT