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CVE-2023-0179
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack…
High7.8EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
kernel
- affected unknown
References (4)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161713 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/20 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171601/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0093-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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