DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4244

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CVE-2023-4244
Published: 06 Sept 2023, 14:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Sept 2023, 14:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between nf_tables netlink control plane transaction and nft_set element garbage collection, it is possible to underflow the reference counter causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit 3e91b0ebd994635df2346353322ac51ce84ce6d8.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.197-1 | < 6.1.55-1 | < 6.4.13-1 | < 6.4.13-1

References (1)