CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-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 and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-190
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- linux:linux_kernel
- redhat:codeready_linux_builder
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_real_time_for_nfv
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171601/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0093-1.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2161713
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/20
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0003/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171601/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0093-1.html