CVE-2023-54042

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 3.3% 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

Low. 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 10:56Z8 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

af3e0d57f42f402e9674d39c731c98105a4e19a225bc5f5a59c383c2b5fc73d0

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d92313002b2d543500cc417d8079aaed1fb0a8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e82f92c349ea603736ade1e814861c0182a55ad
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8657fdd53c5e3069149d7f957cb60e63027bb2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/421cd1544480f2458042fe7f4913a2069c4d7251
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bda59b47879cce38a6ec5a01cd3cac702b5331