CVE-2022-23086

mpr/mps/mpt driver ioctl heap out-of-bounds write

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 15, 2024 at 04:57 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Handlers for *_CFG_PAGE read / write ioctls in the mpr, mps, and mpt drivers allocated a buffer of a caller-specified size, but copied to it a fixed size header. Other heap content would be overwritten if the specified size was too small. Users with access to the mpr, mps or mpt device node may overwrite heap data, potentially resulting in privilege escalation. Note that the device node is only accessible to root and members of the operator group.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 12.0_p5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.0_p11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.1_p1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787CWE-122

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