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CVE-2022-0617A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way user triggers udf_file_write_iter…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way user triggers udf_file_write_iter function for the malicious UDF image. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. Actual from Linux kernel 4.2-rc1 till 5.17-rc2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
Kernel
- affected Linux kernel 5.17-rc2
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7fc3b7c2981bbd1047916ade327beccb90994eee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea8569194b43f0f01f0a84c689388542c7254a1f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220114172329.ygzry5rlz64ua2nr%40quack3.lan/T/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2940-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-5095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-5096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20220413 CVE-2022-0617: udf:A null-ptr-deref bug be triggered when write to an ICB inode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-15717 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-0617)Record last updated .