5.5

CVE-2023-53040: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53040DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53040
Published 02-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53040 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.3% 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
0.22%
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 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

Timeline

  1. 02-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ca8210: fix mac_len negative array access This patch fixes a buffer overflow access of skb->data if ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs() fails.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu117 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-156.173 | < 5.15.0-79.86
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1107.115 | < 5.15.0-1042.47
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < 55d836f75778d2e2cafe37e023f9c106400bad4b | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < 5da4469a7aa011de614c3e2ae383c35a353a382e | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < d2b3bd0d4cadfdb7f3454d2aef9d5d9e8b48aae4 | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < 7df72bedbdd1d02bb216e1f6eca0a16900238c4e | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < d143e327c97241599c958d1ba9fbaa88c37db721 | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < fd176a18db96d574d8c4763708abcec4444a08b6 | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < 918944526a386f186dd818ea6b0bcbed75d8c16b | ≥ ded845a781a578dfb0b5b2c138e5a067aa3b1242, < 6c993779ea1d0cccdb3a5d7d45446dd229e610a3 | 4.12
  • linux_kernel< 4.14.312 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.280 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.240 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.177 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.105 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.22 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.2.9 | 6.3:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.25-1

3 vendors · 120 products

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