CVE-2022-36280: There is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in vmwgfx driver
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-36280 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 58 · Related 51Timeline
- 09-09-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-11-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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).
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.79%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
56%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.78% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of InputThe product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu91 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-239.273 | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1117.123 | < 4.4.0-1155.170 | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- linux< 6.1.4-1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
- kernel≥ v3.2-rc1, < 5.13.0-52*
- linux_kernel≥ 3.2, ≤ 5.13.0-52
3 vendors · 95 products
