CVE-2022-1215

A format string vulnerability was found in libinput

Published: 2022-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-1215 is rated Moderate Risk (41.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-1215

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.36% +0.32%
2 2026-05-17 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2026-04-19 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-1215

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-1215

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-1215

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-1215: 1 source package rows (libinput); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1215
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-1215 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libinput), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1215
gentoo high CVE-2022-1215: 1 GLSA(s) (202310-14), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/libinput); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-1215
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1215
suse high CVE-2022-1215 severity important: SUSE including 272 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 401 product×package rows across 58 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure, … (58 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 134, Known Not Affected 36. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1215/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-1215 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libinput), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, upstream, xenial): released 5, not-affected 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1215

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-1215

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freedesktop libinput >= 1.10.0, < 1.18.2 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libinput:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop libinput >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.4 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libinput:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop libinput 1.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libinput:1.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-1215

URL Tags
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q2/47 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-14 Third Party Advisory
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