CVE-2022-27239
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 27, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:36 AM UTC
19 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLinux Enterprise Server
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 6.15
Affected range stops below 6.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WBOLMANBYJILXQKRRK7OCR774PXJAYY/
References (11)
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_SambaIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15025Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197216Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1479765Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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