7.8

CVE-2022-48948: usb: gadget: uvc: Prevent buffer overflow in setup handler

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48948DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48948
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48948 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
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 5 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: uvc: Prevent buffer overflow in setup handler Setup function uvc_function_setup permits control transfer requests with up to 64 bytes of payload (UVC_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE), data stage handler for OUT transfer uses memcpy to copy req->actual bytes to uvc_event->data.data array of size 60. This may result in an overflow of 4 bytes.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
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.

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < 4972e3528b968665b596b5434764ff8fd9446d35 | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < 06fd17ee92c8f1704c7e54ec0fd50ae0542a49a5 | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < bc8380fe5768c564f921f7b4eaba932e330b9e4b | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < b8fb1cba934ea122b50f13a4f9d6fc4fdc43d2be | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < c79538f32df12887f110dcd6b9c825b482905f24 | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < 6b41a35b41f77821db24f2d8f66794b390a585c5 | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < 7b1f773277a72f9756d47a41b94e43506cce1954 | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < d1a92bb8d697f170d93fe922da763d7d156b8841 | ≥ cdda479f15cd13fa50a913ca85129c0437cc7b91, < 4c92670b16727365699fe4b19ed32013bab2c107 | 2.6.35
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.35, < 4.9.337 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.303 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.270 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.229 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.161 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.85 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.15 | 6.1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1

3 vendors · 116 products

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