Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-2602

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 08 January 2024

Published
08 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0138 80.7th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-2602 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 19.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

io_uring UAF, Unix SCM garbage collection

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
≤ 6.0.19
canonical
ubuntu linux
18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 22.10

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References