CVE-2023-4004

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 55
Modified
Published: 31 Jul 2023, 16:22
Last modified:08 Nov 2025, 03:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Jul 2023, 16:22
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Nov 2025, 03:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter in the way a user triggers the nft_pipapo_remove function with the element, without a NFT_SET_EXT_KEY_END. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02% Percentile: 4%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • debiandebian_linux

    10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0

  • fedoraprojectfedora

    38

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≥ 5.6, < 5.10.188 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.123 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.42 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.7

  • netapph300s_firmware

    na

  • netapph410s_firmware

    na

  • netapph500s_firmware

    na

  • netapph700s_firmware

    na

  • redhatenterprise_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

References (26)