CVE-2023-52741

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

0.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 51.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

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

2024-05-21 15:23Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:11Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-05-21

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

683129d70a0d787d3ab996f6b739e0f5701688365b76092b93f2d3c74eb96cba

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b693fe3f760c87fd9768e759f6297f743a1b3b0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1fba1e096ffc7ec11df863a97c50203c47315b9
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3684a2f6affa1ca52a5d4a12f04d0652efdee65e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa5465aeca3c66fecdf7efcf554aed79b4c4b211