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CVE-2023-1073

6.6 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (6.6). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.6 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-787, CWE-119
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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