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CVE-2023-52868thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow The dev->id value comes from ida_alloc() so it's a number between zero and INT_MAX. If it's too high then these sprintf()s will overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 24 months later
· 24 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 · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < b55f0a9f865be75ca1019aad331f3225f7b50ce8
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < 6ad1bf47fbe5750c4d5d8e41337665e193e2c521
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < 3091ab943dfc7b2578599b0fe203350286fab5bb
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < 3f795fb35c2d8a637efe76b4518216c9319b998c
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < 3a8f4e58e1ee707b4f46a1000b40b86ea3dd509c
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < 77ff34a56b695e228e6daf30ee30be747973d6e8
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < 0f6b3be28c4d62ef6498133959c72266629bea97
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < edbd6bbe40ac524a8f2273ffacc53edf14f3c686
- affected 203d3d4aa482339b4816f131f713e1b8ee37f6dd – < c99626092efca3061b387043d4a7399bf75fbdd5
- affected 2.6.25
- unaffected < 2.6.25
- unaffected 4.14.330 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.299 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.261 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.201 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.139 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.63 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.5.12 – ≤ 6.5.*
- unaffected 6.6.2 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.7 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55f0a9f865be75ca1019aad331f3225f7b50ce8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad1bf47fbe5750c4d5d8e41337665e193e2c521 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3091ab943dfc7b2578599b0fe203350286fab5bb (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f795fb35c2d8a637efe76b4518216c9319b998c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a8f4e58e1ee707b4f46a1000b40b86ea3dd509c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77ff34a56b695e228e6daf30ee30be747973d6e8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f6b3be28c4d62ef6498133959c72266629bea97 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edbd6bbe40ac524a8f2273ffacc53edf14f3c686 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99626092efca3061b387043d4a7399bf75fbdd5 (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-2023-59581 (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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