🛡️ CVE-2023-48727 on Ubuntu — onevpl

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-48727 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package onevpl. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

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

UBUNTU-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

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

• onevpl

Timeline and source

Published on 16 May 2024 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
www.intel.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

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

• UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47282 (published 16 May 2024)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2023-22656 (published 16 May 2024)

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-2023-48727 (3.3 Low, published 16 May 2024)
• CVE-2023-41082 (4.4 Medium, published 16 May 2024)

CVE-2023-48727 on other distributions

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

Details

Affected Packages

References