VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-3159

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-06-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-416
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references