CVE-2023-53669

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

0.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.0% 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

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

2025-10-07 15:21Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:15Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-07

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-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e1eea552ddf1e6fb40544531be3959fbe2ad159ac459212208bb4ac476162106

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa93e39fbb0566019c388a8038a4d58552e0910
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c77a377877acbaf03cd7caa21d3644a5dd16301
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cd62f0ba465cf647c7d8c2ca7b0d99ea0c1328f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e692df3933628d974acb9f5b334d2b3e885e2a6