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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2023-6238
Modified
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-secalert@redhat.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-21 Nov, 2023 | 21:15
Updated At-07 Feb, 2024 | 00:15

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the NVM Express (NVMe) driver in the Linux kernel. Only privileged user could specify a small meta buffer and let the device perform larger Direct Memory Access (DMA) into the same buffer, overwriting unrelated kernel memory, causing random kernel crashes and memory corruption.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.16.7MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Secondary3.16.7MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Type: Primary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.7
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.7
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CPE Matches

Linux Kernel Organization, Inc
linux
>>linux_kernel>>-
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Fedora Project
fedoraproject
>>fedora>>38
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-120Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE-120Secondarysecalert@redhat.com
CWE ID: CWE-120
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-120
Type: Secondary
Source: secalert@redhat.com
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References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6238secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250834secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6238
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource:
Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250834
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource:
Issue Tracking
Third Party Advisory
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