CVE-2023-52738

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 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

0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 56.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2024-05-21 15:23Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-23 15:26Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-05-21

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1f0217a6c0dc20318d1d0ad2ebbb3e59d5a1b4bfe1cbd7d0e0f536b1dfcc4c17

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e557c8ca2c585bdef591b8503ba83b85f5d0afd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcbbef9cace772f5b7128b11401c515982de34b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad7bbf3dba5c4a684338df1f285080f2588b535