VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-4459

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-21
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3_rq_cleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references