CVE-2023-1073

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Published: Mar 27, 2023
Updated: Apr 14, 2023
CVE: CVE-2023-1073
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.6
AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

CWE-787

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
redhat / enterprise_linux	7.0	7.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	8.0	8.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	9.0	9.0.x
fedoraproject / fedora	37	37.x

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3

Vulnerability Database

291,049

CVE-2023-1073