CVE-2023-5972

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

0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 19.9% 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

Modified. 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

2023-11-23 17:21Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 08:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-11-06

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a2a722fad3954c9cc262015467b9757c74b55ef560d32b32a5ddab4d686b1325

• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5972vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2248189https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248189issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/505ce0630ad5d31185695f8a29dde8d29f28faa7
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/52177bbf19e6e9398375a148d2e13ed492b40b80