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CVE-2023-3777

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3777 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation due to improper handling of chain binding during rule flushing. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation is considered low complexity, requiring local access, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.9, < 5.10.188CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.123CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-70.85.1.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.85.1.rt21.156.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.48.1.el9_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.48.1.rt14.333.el9_2
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-3777Moderate

kernel: use-after-free in netfilter: nf_tables

Sep 6, 2023

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/175072/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0098-1.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/175963/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0099-1.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
kernel.dance / 6eaf41e87a223ae6f8e7a28d6e78384ad7e407f8
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5492
Third Party Advisory