High severity · published Sep 1, 2023
CVE-2023-3297
In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Accountsservice · Canonical
before 23.13.9-2ubuntu2; before 22.08.8-1ubuntu7.1; before 22.08.8-1ubuntu7.1; before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.4; before 0.6.55-0ubuntu12\~20.04.6 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
20.04; 22.04; 22.10; 23.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3297
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3297
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182
Third Party Advisory
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297
Exploit
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-139_accountsservice/
Vendor Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1
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