3.3

CVE-2023-1513: fedoraproject fedora Improper Initialization

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-1513DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1513
Published 23-03-2023Last modified 25-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-1513 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Improper Initialization vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 37 · Related 33

Timeline

  1. 23-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in KVM. When calling the KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS ioctl, on 32-bit systems, there might be some uninitialized portions of the kvm_debugregs structure that could be copied to userspace, causing an information leak.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu90 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-211.222 | < 5.4.0-149.166 | < 5.15.0-72.79
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1156.169 | < 5.4.0-1102.110 | < 5.15.0-1036.40
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.15-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Linux1 product
Redhat1 product

5 vendors · 94 products

References

28 links
Show all 28 references