What is CVE-2022-48619?

CVE-2022-48619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-48619?

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

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-48619

An issue was discovered in drivers/input/input.c in the Linux kernel before 5.17.10. An attacker can cause a denial of service (panic) because input_set_capability mishandles the situation in which an event code falls outside of a bitmap.

Published 2024-01-12 · 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 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/409353cbe9fe48f6bc196114c442b1cff05a39bc (Patch)
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.10 (Patch, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48619?: CVE-2022-48619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-48619?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.