CVE-2023-4459
Kernel: vmxnet3: null pointer dereference in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup()
Severity Score
5.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.
*Credits:
N/A
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SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-08-21 CVE Reserved
- 2023-08-21 CVE Published
- 2023-08-22 EPSS Updated
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (10)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219268 | 2024-04-23 | |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edf410cb74dc612fd47ef5be319c5a0bcd6e6ccd | 2024-04-25 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1250 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1306 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008 | 2024-04-25 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4459 | 2024-04-23 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | < 5.18 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " < 5.18" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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