5.5

CVE-2023-52675: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52675DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52675
Published 17-05-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52675 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 21
DLA-3841-1RHSA-2024:4211SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1

Timeline

  1. 17-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/imc-pmu: Add a null pointer check in update_events_in_group() kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.27% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu115 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-176.196 | < 5.15.0-102.112
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1122.132 | < 5.15.0-1057.63
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < 75fc599bcdcb1de093c9ced2e3cccc832f3787f3 | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < 1e80aa25d186a7aa212df5acd8c75f55ac8dae34 | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < 5a669f3511d273c8c1ab1c1d268fbcdf53fc7a05 | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < f105c263009839d80fad6998324a4e1b3511cba0 | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < a2da3f9b1a1019c887ee1d164475a8fcdb0a3fec | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < 024352f7928b28f53609660663329d8c0f4ad032 | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < c7d828e12b326ea50fb80c369d7aa87519ed14c6 | ≥ 885dcd709ba9120b9935415b8b0f9d1b94e5826b, < 0a233867a39078ebb0f575e2948593bbff5826b3 | 4.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.14, < 4.19.306 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.268 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.209 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.148 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.75 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.14 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.76-1 | < 6.6.15-1

3 vendors · 118 products

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