CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-3773

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2023-07-25 Modified 2026-10-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-07-25
Last modified
2026-10-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). This issue may allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a 4 byte out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH when parsing netlink attributes, leading to potential leakage of sensitive heap data to userspace.

Affected configurations

• redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • fedoraproject fedora • linux linux kernel • debian debian linux 10.0 • debian debian linux 12.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References