Medium severity · published Aug 9, 2023
CVE-2023-4273
Kernel: exfat: stack overflow in exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry
6.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the exFAT driver of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability exists in the implementation of the file name reconstruction function, which is responsible for reading file name entries from a directory index and merging file name parts belonging to one file into a single long file name. Since the file name characters are copied into a stack variable, a local privileged attacker could use this flaw to overflow the kernel stack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 6.4; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5; 6.5 · source: NVD
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
before V1.1 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4273
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4273
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4273
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2221609
Exploit
https://dfir.ru/2023/08/23/cve-2023-4273-a-vulnerability-in-the-linux-exfat-driver/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/344H6HO6SSC4KT7PDFXSDIXKMKHISSGF/
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