In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.
http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_Samba
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15025
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197216
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1479765
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2022-04-27
Updated: 2022-10-05
Type: CWE-787
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: HIGH