CVE-2023-52999

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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 15.0% 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

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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1b80c98eaa62d1ba359b27fbaf610ad6ffc43a73a5426b20f63b3bb2d3afcd88

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad0dfe9bcf0d78e699c7efb64c90ed062dc48bea
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddd49cbbd4c1ceb38032018b589b44208e54f55e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c008f3b7f7d4ffd311eb2dae5e75b3cbddacd0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66689a72ba73575e76d4f6a8748d3fa2690ec1c4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12075708f2e77ee6a9f8bb2cf512c38be3099794
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71ab9c3e2253619136c31c89dbb2c69305cc89b1