CVE-2022-29021
Published: 20 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-29021 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Openrazer Project Openrazer. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 48.7% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-33451
Vulnerability details
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the razerkbd driver of OpenRazer up to version v3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) and possibly escalate their privileges via a crafted buffer sent to the matrix_custom_frame device.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.