7.8

CVE-2023-52988: ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-52988DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52988
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-52988 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 6 · Related 5
RHSA-2023:6583SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path() snd_hda_get_connections() can return a negative error code. It may lead to accessing 'conn' array at a negative index. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.28% 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.

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-211.222 | < 5.4.0-149.166 | < 5.15.0-72.79
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1156.169 | < 5.4.0-1102.110 | < 5.15.0-1036.40
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < 437e50ef6290ac835d526d0e45f466a0aa69ba1b | ≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < 6e1f586ddec48d71016b81acf68ba9f49ca54db8 | ≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < d6870f3800dbb212ae8433183ee82f566d067c6c | ≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < 2b557fa635e7487f638c0f030c305870839eeda2 | ≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < 1b9256c96220bcdba287eeeb90e7c910c77f8c46 | ≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < f011360ad234a07cb6fbcc720fff646a93a9f0d6 | ≥ 30b4503378c976cf66201a1e81820519f6bd79ac, < b9cee506da2b7920b5ea02ccd8e78a907d0ee7aa | 3.1
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.1, < 4.14.306 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.273 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.232 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.168 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.93 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.11 | 6.2:rc1 | 6.2:rc2 | 6.2:rc3 | 6.2:rc4 | 6.2:rc5 | 6.2:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.11-1

3 vendors · 116 products

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