{"cve":"CVE-2023-42465","nvd":{"published":"2023-12-22T16:15:08.057","modified":"2026-06-17T06:23:53.593","status":"Modified","description":"Sudo before 1.9.15 might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass or privilege escalation) because application logic sometimes is based on not equaling an error value (instead of equaling a success value), and because the values do not resist flips of a single bit.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":[],"references":["https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545","https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4f","https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/"],"products":["sudo_project:sudo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:43:38.875533635+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-42465","score":0.00541,"percentile":0.455,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}