CVE-2023-3159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-43843	A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6254-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-6341-1	Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3159
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3159

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:21:13.455Z

Reserved: 2023-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-3159

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.155Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-12T21:15:22.937

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:35.543

Link: CVE-2023-3159

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-04-09T06:30:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-3159 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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