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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2022-48717

High
7.8/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: max9759: fix underflow in speaker_gain_control_put() Check for negative values of "priv->gain" to prevent an out of bounds access. The concern is that these might come from the user via: -> snd_ctl_elem_write_user() -> snd_ctl_elem_write() -> kctl->put()

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published