🛡️ CVE-2023-23904

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-23904 is classified as CWE-395: Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer Dereference. Catching NullPointerException should not be used as an alternative to programmatic checks to prevent dereferencing a null pointer.

Affected software

CVE-2023-23904 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 16 September 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.intel.com
security.netapp.com

Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-395: Use of NullPointerException Catch to Detect NULL Pointer Dereference) in other software:

• CVE-2025-15514 (7.5 High, published 12 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-58142 (9.8 Critical, published 11 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2025-27466 (9.8 Critical, published 11 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2024-28030 (2.2 Low, published 13 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2024-36275 (6.1 Medium, published 13 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2023-48727 (3.3 Low, published 16 May 2024)
• CVE-2023-41082 (4.4 Medium, published 16 May 2024)
• CVE-2024-27661 (6.5 Medium, published 29 Feb 2024)

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