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CVE-2023-3159

Date: June 12, 2023

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

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Related Resources (5)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b7c81f80246fac44077166f3e07103affe6db8ff
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3159
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3159
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-3159
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-3159

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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