🛡️ CVE-2023-5633
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-911 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

The reference count changes made as part of the CVE-2023-33951 and CVE-2023-33952 fixes exposed a use-after-free flaw in the way memory objects were handled when they were being used to store a surface. When running inside a VMware guest with 3D acceleration enabled, a local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-911
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-23
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2026-02-25

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
codeready-linux-builder
codeready-linux-builder-eus
codeready-linux-builder-for-arm64
codeready-linux-builder-for-arm64-eus
codeready-linux-builder-for-ibm-z-systems
codeready-linux-builder-for-ibm-z-systems-eus
codeready-linux-builder-for-power-little-endian
codeready-linux-builder-for-power-little-endian-eus
enterprise-linux
enterprise-linux-eus
enterprise-linux-for-arm-64
enterprise-linux-for-arm-64-eus
enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems
enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems-eus
enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian
enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian-eus
enterprise-linux-for-real-time
enterprise-linux-for-real-time-for-nfv
enterprise-linux-server-aus
enterprise-linux-server-for-power-little-endian-update-services-for-sap-solutions
enterprise-linux-server-tus
linux-kernel

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