CVE-2023-1073

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 37
Linux kernel: all versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html

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