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CVE-2023-0459

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0459 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting 64-bit Linux kernels. It stems from the lack of __uaccess_begin_nospec implementation in copy_from_user, allowing a local attacker to bypass access_ok checks and pass kernel pointers, leading to sensitive data leakage. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.14.307CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.19.0, < 4.19.274CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.233CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.10.0, < 5.10.170CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.15.0, < 5.15.96CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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 (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.116.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 5.10.181.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.116.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.181.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.181.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.116.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.116.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 5.10.181.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Jun/CVE-2023-0459

CVE-2023-0459

Jun 13, 2023
microsoft2023-May/CVE-2023-0459Moderate

Copy_from_user Spectre-V1 Gadget in Linux Kernel

May 9, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-0459Low

kernel: Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions may leak kernel information

Feb 15, 2020

References

github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4b842e4e25b12951fa10dedb4bc16bc47e3b850c
Patch
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47
Patch