CVE-2023-52981

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

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

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 14.4% 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 2026-08-04.

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

2025-03-27 16:43Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:12Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-03-27

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

13185ceadae4ab5a603fa57d1ea86b635b550479d42832c2ee775efe95f663c9

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9467397f417dd7b5d0db91452f0474e79716a527
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86d8ddc74124c3fdfc139f246ba6da15e45e86e3