CVE-2023-38253

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 29.1% 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

Low. 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

2023-07-14 17:07Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-02-13 17:01Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-07-13

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.7)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0714551276b661e2dc8aafd151c01befaa824a41f6a5f8c46a829164c8119ce0

• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38253vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2222779https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222779issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/tats/w3m/issues/271
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AULOBQJLXE2KCT5UVQMKGEFL4GFIAOED/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TODROGVCWZ435HQIZE6ARQC5LPQLIA5C/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MKFZQUK7FPWWJQYICDZZ4YWIPUPQ2D3R/