CVE-2022-3577 Memory corruption in Kernel

What is CVE-2022-3577?

CVE-2022-3577 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. It is in bigben_probe of drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c. The reason is incorrect assumption - bigben devices all have inputs. However, malicious devices can break this assumption, leaking to out-of-bound write.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3577?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3577?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-3577 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3577 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3577, GHSA-r24m-v6jq-pp52, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3577.