CVE-2023-38427

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 17 Jul 2023, 00:00
Last modified:05 May 2025, 15:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.1% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jul 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 May 2025, 15:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.8. fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c in ksmbd has an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read in deassemble_neg_contexts.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1CRITICALScore: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.10% Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

  • CWE-191Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

    The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.

Affected Systems

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≥ 5.15, < 5.15.145 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.34 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.3.8

  • netapph300s_firmware

    na

  • netapph410s_firmware

    na

  • netapph500s_firmware

    na

  • netapph700s_firmware

    na

References (3)