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CVE-2023-28938

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28938 is an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability affecting Intel SSD Tools software prior to version mdadm-4.2-rc2. A privileged local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, impacting availability but not confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mdadm_project:mdadm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mdadm_project:mdadm:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.4LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18332-17084Fixed in: 4.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 mdadm 4.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 4.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19764-17084Fixed in: 4.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 mdadm 4.1-9 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 4.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 4.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 4.2-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mdadm

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2023-28938

CVE-2023-28938

Jun 11, 2024
redhatCVE-2023-28938Low

mdadm: Uncontrolled resource consumption

Aug 11, 2023
microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-28938Moderate

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Aug 8, 2023

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00690.html
Vendor Advisory