5.5

CVE-2023-53653: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53653DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53653
Published 07-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53653 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% 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
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10
SUSE-SU-2025:21040-1SUSE-SU-2025:21052-1SUSE-SU-2025:21056-1SUSE-SU-2025:21064-1SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1

Timeline

  1. 07-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: amphion: fix REVERSE_INULL issues reported by coverity null-checking of a pointor is suggested before dereferencing it

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

Ubuntu84 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4, < bddd678fd2864b435d00d51a4d3808a0d89c79de | ≥ 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4, < e59d0cd8f414592187ead97b5832600ff7a0dd61 | ≥ 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4, < ef56b2db216f130c4240aed907d1c5272c2d298d | ≥ 9f599f351e86acf0fc13e42771f97b7fb4dbbea4, < 79d3bafaecc13bccab1ebbd28a15e669c5a4cdaf | 5.18
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.18, < 6.1.53 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.4.16 | ≥ 6.5, < 6.5.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.55-1 | < 6.5.3-1

3 vendors · 87 products

References

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