vulnerability
Arch Linux: Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2022-27666)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 23, 2022 | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 12, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 23, 2022
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Feb 12, 2026
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2022-27666
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-27666
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2061633
- URL-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ebe48d368e97d007bfeb76fcb065d6cfc4c96645
- URL-https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220429-0001/
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5127
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5173
- CWE-787
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