CVE-2023-1073
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.6 Medium
- Published
- Mar 27, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Feb 27, 2023
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.6 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kerneln/a |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230502 [SECURITY] [DLA 3404-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230503 [SECURITY] [DLA 3403-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20231105 Re: Linux Kernel: hid: type confusions on hid report_list entrymailing-list
- [oss-security] 20231105 Re: Linux Kernel: hid: NULL pointer dereference in hid_betopff_play()mailing-list
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