CVE-2023-4969

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

1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

2024-01-16 17:01Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-20 17:10Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-09-14

Assigning CNA

certcc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d9592ebb71b8fc875575be2cc47b81e00d9b8f18732c1ef40b886f154dafe68c

• registry.khronos.orghttps://registry.khronos.org/OpenCL/specs/3.0-unified/html/OpenCL_API.html#_fundamental_memory_regions
• registry.khronos.orghttps://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/index.html
• kb.cert.orghttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446598
• blog.trailofbits.comhttps://blog.trailofbits.com
• www.kb.cert.orghttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446598