CVE-2023-53846

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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.1% 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

Deferred. 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

2025-12-09 01:30Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:16Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-09

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-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9dd2c885b2b3c423a4b65f9ef5067037210dce7ac40f068ccc4a34e4e241c9b2

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0f716ad3b039cab9d426da63a5ee6c88751185
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6ec83786ab9f13f25fb18166dee908845713a95