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CVE-2022-1015
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in linux/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c of the netfilter subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to…
- 6.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in linux/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c of the netfilter subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to cause an out-of-bounds write issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 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 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Affected products
kernel
- affected Kernel 5.16.18
References
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2065323 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://blog.dbouman.nl/2022/04/02/How-The-Tables-Have-Turned-CVE-2022-1015-1016/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/205 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20220825 Re: Linux kernel: CVE-2022-1015,CVE-2022-1016 in nf_tables cause privilege escalation, information leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20230113 CVE-2023-0179: Linux kernel stack buffer overflow in nftables: PoC and writeup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20230223 Re: CVE-2023-0179: Linux kernel stack buffer overflow in nftables: PoC and writeup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-806742.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-337522.html (opens in a new tab)
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-2022-24365 (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-2022-1015)Record last updated .