CVE-2022-50233

MEDIUM EPSS 2.2%
Published Aug 9, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 9, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting string needs to be truncated or not.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.14  –  <6.0

References 1

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7b8cdde098cf9f7c8de409b5b7bbb98f97be80
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7b8cdde098cf9f7c8de409b5b7bbb98f97be80
    Patch