5.5

CVE-2023-52919: nfc: nci: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52919DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52919
Published 22-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52919 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.21%
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 18 · Related 18
SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1SUSE-SU-2024:4081-1SUSE-SU-2024:4082-1

Timeline

  1. 22-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge() Handle memory allocation failure from nci_skb_alloc() (calling alloc_skb()) to avoid possible NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% 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.

Ubuntu116 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-257.291 | < 4.15.0-227.239 | < 5.4.0-171.189 | < 5.15.0-100.110
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1134.140 | < 4.4.0-1172.187 | < 4.15.0-1170.183 | < 5.4.0-1118.128 | < 5.15.0-1056.61
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < 2b2edf089df3a69f0072c6e71563394c5a94e62e | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < 5622592f8f74ae3e594379af02e64ea84772d0dd | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < 76050b0cc5a72e0c7493287b7e18e1cb9e3c4612 | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < c95fa5b20fe03609e0894656fa43c18045b5097e | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < ffdc881f68073ff86bf21afb9bb954812e8278be | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < d7dbdbe3800a908eecd4975c31be47dd45e2104a | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < bb6cacc439ddd2cd51227ab193f4f91cfc7f014f | ≥ 391d8a2da787257aeaf952c974405b53926e3fb3, < 7937609cd387246aed994e81aa4fa951358fba41 | 3.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.11, < 4.14.328 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.297 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.259 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.199 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.137 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.60 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.5.9 | 6.6:rc1 | 6.6:rc2 | 6.6:rc3 | 6.6:rc4 | 6.6:rc5 | 6.6:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.64-1 | < 6.5.10-1

3 vendors · 119 products

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