CVE-2023-1073

medium

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-044-09

https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-23361

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-3chx-g7jg-4263

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

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