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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-29022 json

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the razeraccessory driver of OpenRazer up to version v3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of…

published 2022-05-20 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-33452

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the razeraccessory driver of OpenRazer up to version v3.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) and possibly escalate their privileges via a crafted buffer sent to the matrix_custom_frame device.

Patch / fix

  • openrazer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.3.0+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29022

  • openrazer Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 3.4.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-29022

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Exploit prediction

2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/openrazer/openrazer/pull/1790 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • cyberark.com https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/colorful-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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