🛡️ CVE-2023-1073
🟡 CVSS 6.6 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-119 NVD
6.6
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-119
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-03-27
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-04-23

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
fedora
linux-kernel

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403

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