🛡️ CVE-2023-33204 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-190 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

sysstat through 12.7.2 allows a multiplication integer overflow in check_overflow in common.c. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-39377.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-33204 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

CVE-2023-33204 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • fedora
  • sysstat (fixed in 12.7.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 May 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org

CVE-2023-33204 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-190
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-05-18
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux — —
fedora — —
sysstat — 12.7.2

References

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