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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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CVE-2022-3636 Detail

Current Description

A vulnerability was identified in Linux Kernel 33fc42de33278b2b3ec6f3390512987bc29a62b7. This affects the function __mtk_ppe_check_skb of the file drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe.c of the component Ethernet Handler. Such manipulation leads to use after free. The name of the patch is 17a5f6a78dc7b8db385de346092d7d9f9dc24df6. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. No released Linux Kernel version was ever affected by this CVE.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 5.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pabeni/net-next.git/commit/?id=17a5f6a78dc7b8db385de346092d7d9f9dc24df6 CVE, VulDB Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.211935 CVE Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2022-3636 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/211935 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/211935/cti VulDB
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5333 CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://www.kernel.org/ VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   VulDB  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-3636
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2022
NVD Last Modified:
07/28/2026
Source:
VulDB