CVE-2023-1073: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-1073 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.6, physical access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 17Timeline
- 27-03-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
33%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected systems
Known conditions: physical access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu91 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-241.275 | < 4.15.0-209.220 | < 5.4.0-147.164 | < 5.15.0-70.77
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1119.125 | < 4.4.0-1157.172 | < 4.15.0-1154.167 | < 5.4.0-1100.108 | < 5.15.0-1034.38
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard83 products
- hyperv-daemons-6.18All versions (No fix recorded)
- hyperv-daemons-genericAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-6.12All versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.65-r0
- linux-aws-6.12-boot-installedAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installedAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.11-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL37
Linux1 product
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
6 vendors · 178 products