CVE-2023-3161 (GCVE-0-2023-3161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-11 14:54
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing font->width and font->height greater than 32 to fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-bounds occurs leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-06 15:55 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux Kernel (fbcon) Affected: Fixed in kernel 6.2-rc7
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