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CVE-2023-32248

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32248 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's ksmbd, an in-kernel SMB server, and NetApp products. The flaw stems from improper pointer validation within the handling of SMB2_TREE_CONNECT and SMB2_QUERY_INFO commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a system crash. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 5.15.111CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.3, < 6.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0406 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.126.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.126.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17832-16823Fixed in: 5.15.126.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.126.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.126.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-32248

CVE-2023-32248

Aug 8, 2023
microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2023-32248Important

Tree connection null pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability

Jul 11, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-32248Important

kernel: ksmbd: tree connection NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability

May 4, 2023

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-32248
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230915-0006
Third Party Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-CAN-20479
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry