{"cve":"CVE-2023-53185","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T14:15:40.657","modified":"2026-06-17T06:44:27.600","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k: don't allow to overwrite ENDPOINT0 attributes\n\nA bad USB device is able to construct a service connection response\nmessage with target endpoint being ENDPOINT0 which is reserved for\nHTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC and should not be modified to be used for any other\nservices.\n\nReject such service connection responses.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/061b0cb9327b80d7a0f63a33e7c3e2a91a71f142","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09740fa9827cfbaf23ecd041e602a426f99be888","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1044187e7249073f719ebbf9e5ffb4f16f99e555","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dc3560561a08842b4a4c07ccc5a90e5067dbb5b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a444dffb75238c47d2d852f12cf53f12ad2cba8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53185","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05517,"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."]}