Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2022-1462

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage of memory in the flush_to_ldisc function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or read unauthorized random data from memory.

  • Published: Jun 2, 2022
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2022-1462
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.3
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.3
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
redhat / enterprise_linux 8.0 8.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux 9.0 9.0.x
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x