CVE-2023-53038

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

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 8.8% 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

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

2025-05-02 15:54Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 19:37Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

58b692cb36cfe1c438d33a39c653ebb1126ddbe0b8c30c216cc0fd7484c5f324

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b8343998b84418bc5b5206aa01fe9b461a80ef
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4829a1e1171536978b240a1438789c2e4d5c9715
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908dd9a0853a88155a5a36018c7e2b32ccf20379
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312320b0e0ec21249a17645683fe5304d796aec1