CVE-2023-52859

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

0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 15.4% 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

Analyzed. 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

2024-05-21 15:31Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 19:34Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-05-21

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

28580b6ffa39ce22321606c65c6208757430d403239f0a263c2b7db7b8a2ac61

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e1e88bba286621b886218363de07b319d6208b2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b660420f449d094b1fabfa504889810b3a63cdd5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3405f364f82d4f5407a8b4c519dc15d24b847fda
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75bab28ffd05ec8879c197890b1bd1dfec8d3f63
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b805cafc604bfdb671fae7347a57f51154afa735