CVE-2022-42719

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.3%

A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.

CVSS v3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 68th percentile
Published: 2022-10-13
Updated: 2025-05-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

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