VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-0179

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-03-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references