CVE-2023-42754

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

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

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.7% 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:L/UI:N/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

2023-10-05 18:25Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-06 19:47Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-13

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a398f696ebe9f50750660705fc986f2a2d5e9604e4cb1c03e387e4283486b098

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:2394https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:2950https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2024:3138https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42754vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2239845https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2239845issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q4/14
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GISYSL3F6WIEVGHJGLC2MFNTUXHPTKQH/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GPMICQ2HVZO5UAM5KPXHAZKA2U3ZDOO6/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V5PDNWPKAP3WL5RQZ4RIDS6MG32OHH5R/