🛡️ CVE-2022-36280 — debian-linux

🟡 CVSS 6.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-120 NVD
6.3
CVSS Score
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Description

An out-of-bounds(OOB) memory access vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_kms.c in GPU component in the Linux kernel with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user account on the system to gain privilege, causing a denial of service(DoS).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-36280 is classified as CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without a length check, overwriting memory past the end of it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-36280 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • linux-kernel (from 3.2 up to 5.13.0-52)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 September 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugzilla.openanolis.cn
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
www.debian.org
bugzilla.openanolis.cn
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
www.debian.org

CVE-2022-36280 on other distributions

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE CWE-120
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-09-09
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux — —
linux-kernel 3.2 5.13.0-52

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