CVE-2022-38096 There is a NULL pointer vulnerability in vmwgfx driver

2022-09-0600:00:00

CWE-476

Anolis

www.cve.org

6.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in GPU component of Linux kernel with device file ‘/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)’. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain privilege, causing a denial of service(DoS).

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "kernel",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "5.13.0-52*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v4.20-rc1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]