Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2023-3161

A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing font->width and font->height greater than 32 to fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-bounds occurs leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service.

  • Published: Jun 12, 2023
  • Updated: Jun 23, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2023-3161
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel - 6.2
linux / linux_kernel 6.2-rc1 6.2-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.2-rc2 6.2-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.2-rc3 6.2-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.2-rc4 6.2-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.2-rc5 6.2-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.2-rc6 6.2-rc6.x
fedoraproject / fedora 38 38.x
redhat / enterprise_linux 8.0 8.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux 9.0 9.0.x