CVE-2023-53988

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.8% 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2025-12-24 10:55Z8 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 09:16Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-12-24

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0611c736d4aa9764c3835fbd44420e3e5f83a654fb019322de36b24bea8a7b03

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c58ea97aa94f033ee64a8cb6587d84a9849b6216
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9163a5b4ed290da4a7d23fa92533e0e81fd0166e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114204d25e1dffdd3a0c1cfbba219afd344f4b4f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a034ece7e2877673d9085d6e7ed45e6ee40b761
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab84eee4c7ab929996602eda7832854c35a6dda2