CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-53705

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.53%

42th percentile - higher than 42% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, there is an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in ipv6_find_tlv(). The option length (optlen) is fetched without checking if there is more than one byte to parse, which can lead to out-of-bounds access.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this to gain unauthorized access to kernel memory, potentially leading to information disclosure or system crash.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv() optlen is fetched without checking whether there is more than one byte to parse. It can lead to out-of-bounds access. Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS