{"cve":"CVE-2023-53165","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T14:15:38.220","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:25.413","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nudf: Fix uninitialized array access for some pathnames\n\nFor filenames that begin with . and are between 2 and 5 characters long,\nUDF charset conversion code would read uninitialized memory in the\noutput buffer. The only practical impact is that the name may be prepended a\n\"unification hash\" when it is not actually needed but still it is good\nto fix this.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/008ae78d1e12efa904dc819b1ec83e2bca6b2c56","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/028f6055c912588e6f72722d89c30b401bbcf013","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f1368af47acf4d0b2a5fb0d2c0d6919d2234b6d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4503f6fc95d6dee85fb2c54785848799e192c51c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d50988da0db167aed6f38685145cb5cd526c4f8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53165","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05117,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}