CVE-2022-50233

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Analyzed
Published: 09 Aug 2025, 14:30
Last modified:11 May 2026, 19:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Aug 2025, 14:30
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
11 May 2026, 19:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting string needs to be truncated or not.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 9%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux

    ≥ 4c3dbb2c312c9fafbac30d98c523b8b1f3455d78, < dd7b8cdde098cf9f7c8de409b5b7bbb98f97be80 | 4.14

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 4.14, < 6.0

References (1)