6.5

CVE-2023-7258: google gvisor Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-7258DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7258
Published 15-05-2024Last modified 02-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-7258 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in google gvisor. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

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

Debian1 product
  • golang-gvisor-gvisorAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.0~20240729.0-1
Google1 product
  • gvisor≥ 0b983ff832b175e406f4f9b1a3868457bb1ceb7b, < 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6 | < 20231204.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • golang-gvisor-gvisorAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links