CVE-2022-1215

libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 20, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A format string vulnerability was found in libinput

Statement

This flaw is out of support scope for versions of libinput shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The severity was set to Moderate because a potential attacker would need to be physically within bluetooth range of the victim machine, in addition to using an already-paired device.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-134 · Use of Externally-Controlled Format String