CVE-2023-33461

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2023-06-01 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-09 16:26Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-05-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-170Improper Null TerminationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b396b9f8d284c8f1f3c125572037ff0a35890bcc2511392f89c99bc5f22a821e

• github.comhttps://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/issues/144
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-65f751f76dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAIP5AURSTWIQOOP7G4CXYJ5IIGPY3Q/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-6454c8edeahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASV7SEDHGCP63GYAFEW3CTTVQDZM5RIK/vendor-advisory