What is CVE-2022-40279?

CVE-2022-40279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Tizenrt, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-40279?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Tizenrt

CVE-2022-40279

An issue was discovered in Samsung TizenRT through 3.0_GBM (and 3.1_PRE). l2_packet_receive_timeout in wpa_supplicant/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_pcap.c has a missing check on the return value of pcap_dispatch, leading to a denial of service (malfunction).

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Samsung Tizenrt — versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-252

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40279?: CVE-2022-40279 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Tizenrt, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-40279?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.