CVE-2023-37454An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.4.2. A crafted UDF filesystem image causes a use-after-free write operation in the…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.4.2. A crafted UDF filesystem image causes a use-after-free write operation in the udf_put_super and udf_close_lvid functions in fs/udf/super.c. NOTE: the suse.com reference has a different perspective about this.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/00000000000056e02f05dfb6e11a%40google.com/T/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=60864ed35b1073540d57 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=61564e5023b7229ec85d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=26873a72980f8fa8bc55 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-37454 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6f861765464f43a71462d52026fbddfc858239a5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-41354 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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