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CVE-2023-2985

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CVE-2023-2985 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's HFS+ filesystem driver (hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c). This flaw allows a local user to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve a high impact on availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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 (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.183.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 5.10.183.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.116.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.116.1-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2023-Jun/CVE-2023-2985Moderate

A use after free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow a local user to cause a denial of service problem.

Jun 13, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-2985Low

kernel: use-after-free issue in hfsplus_release_folio in fs/hfsplus/super.c

Feb 26, 2023

References

git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
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