🛡️ CVE-2023-48727

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-48727 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-2023-48727 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

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

References

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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-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (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-2024-36275 (6.1 Medium, published 13 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2024-28030 (2.2 Low, published 13 Nov 2024)
• CVE-2023-23904 (6.1 Medium, published 16 Sep 2024)
• CVE-2023-41082 (4.4 Medium, published 16 May 2024)
• CVE-2024-27661 (6.5 Medium, published 29 Feb 2024)

CVE-2023-48727 on other distributions

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

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