Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2022-50233
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} Both dev_name and short_name are not guaranteed to be NULL terminated so this instead use strnlen and then attempt to determine if the resulting string needs to be truncated or not.
EPSS: 0.001 (3.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 4c3dbb2c312c9fafbac30d98c523b8b1f3455d78, 4.14, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50233?
- CVE-2022-50233 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50233?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-50233 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.