7.1

CVE-2022-48701: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in __snd_usb_parse_audio_interface()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48701DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48701
Published 03-05-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48701 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 20 · Related 11
RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2023:2951RHSA-2025:17109RHSA-2025:17161RHSA-2025:21084RHSA-2025:21091

Timeline

  1. 03-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix an out-of-bounds bug in __snd_usb_parse_audio_interface() There may be a bad USB audio device with a USB ID of (0x04fa, 0x4201) and the number of it's interfaces less than 4, an out-of-bounds read bug occurs when parsing the interface descriptor for this device. Fix this by checking the number of interfaces.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu102 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-201.212 | < 5.4.0-136.153 | < 5.15.0-57.63
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1147.159 | < 5.4.0-1093.101 | < 5.15.0-1027.31
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < b970518014f2f0f6c493fb86c1e092b936899061 | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < 91904870370fd986c29719846ed76d559de43251 | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < 2a308e415d247a23d4d64c964c02e782eede2936 | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < 0492798bf8dfcc09c9337a1ba065da1d1ca68712 | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < 6123bec8480d23369e2ee0b2208611619f269faf | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < 98e8e67395cc6d0cdf3a771f86ea42d0ee6e59dd | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < 8293e61bbf908b18ff9935238d4fc2ad359e3fe0 | ≥ b9d43bcd061956c8144bcb453d07d13236b6ab28, < e53f47f6c1a56d2af728909f1cb894da6b43d9bf | 2.6.26
  • linux_kernel< 4.9.328 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.293 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.258 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.213 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.143 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.68 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.9 | 6.0:rc1 | 6.0:rc2 | 6.0:rc3 | 6.0:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.19.11-1

3 vendors · 105 products

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