What is CVE-2022-2380?

CVE-2022-2380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-2380?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2380 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-2380

The Linux kernel was found vulnerable out of bounds memory access in the drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c:smtcfb_read() function. The vulnerability could result in local attackers being able to crash the kernel.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-07-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Kernel — versions Linux kernel 5.18-rc1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/linux-fbdev.git/commit/ (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2380?: CVE-2022-2380 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-2380?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2380 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.