CVE-2023-1579

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 41.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-04-03 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-02-13 14:56Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-03-22

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5fc5397665eb30bb6efd63493da5aed225131f2dae2a78de7b52ba1960942090

• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29988
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0009/
• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=11d171f1910b508a81d21faa087ad1af573407d8
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202309-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15vendor-advisory