8.1

CVE-2023-3297: canonical accountsservice Use After Free

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3297USN-6190-1USN-6190-2
Published 01-09-2023Last modified 30-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-3297 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Use After Free vulnerability in canonical accountsservice. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Ghsl 2023 139 Accountsservice

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.launchpad.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
  • accountsservice< 23.13.9-2ubuntu2 | < 22.08.8-1ubuntu7.1 | < 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.4 | < 0.6.55-0ubuntu12\~20.04.6
  • ubuntu_linuxEOL20.04 | 22.04 | 22.10 | 23.04
Ubuntu1 product
  • accountsservice< 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.6 | < 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.4 | < 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm3 | < 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6+esm1 | < 0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3+esm1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links