01 Record
CVE-2023-31284
illumos illumos-gate before 676abcb has a stack buffer overflow in /dev/net, leading to privilege escalation via a stat on a long file name in /dev/net.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
illumos illumos-gate before 676abcb has a stack buffer overflow in /dev/net, leading to privilege escalation via a stat on a long file name in /dev/net.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- EPSS probability
- 0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 19.8% 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-05-04 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-29 19:13Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-04-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7782c2ee03d00c10a80ffd75463e06ca4104038c087454ca00af552474508cee
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/tree/16b76d3cb933ff92018a2a75594449010192eacb
- illumos.topicbox.comhttps://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T13ef186a53edeb5c-M821cc18b5884e04e16daa8fd/cve-2023-31284-buffer-overflow-in-dev-net
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230913 illumos (or at least danmcd) membership in the distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230913 Re: illumos (or at least danmcd) membership in the distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230914 Re: illumos (or at least danmcd) membership in the distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/14/4