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CVE-2022-0617

Public on 2022-02-16
Modified on 2022-03-07
Description

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the Linux kernel's UDF file system functionality in the way the user triggers the udf_file_write_iter function for a malicious UDF image. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2022-03-07 23:19 ALAS-2022-1571
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2022-03-07 23:32 ALAS2-2022-1761

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C