CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-1073

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2023-03-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-787

Description

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • fedoraproject fedora 37

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References