CVE-2022-3903

medium

Description

An incorrect read request flaw was found in the Infrared Transceiver USB driver in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when a user attaches a malicious USB device. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources, causing denial of service or potentially crashing the system.

References

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]om/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2022-11-14

Updated: 2022-11-17

Type: CWE-843

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 0.9

Severity: MEDIUM