CVE-2022-1012

moderate-risk
Published 2022-08-05

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of service problem.

Do I need to act?

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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.2/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

43
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 28/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate