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CVE-2023-52829

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52829 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the ath12k Wi-Fi driver of the Linux kernel, affecting systems utilizing this specific driver. The vulnerability arises from improper validation of the phy_id extracted from WMI events, potentially leading to an out-of-bounds write to soc->hal_reg_cap. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium), it has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, with a potential impact of high availability loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.3, < 6.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.6, < 6.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52829Moderate

kernel: wifi: ath12k: fix possible out-of-bound write in ath12k_wmi_ext_hal_reg_caps()

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4dd0547e8b45faf6f95373be5436b66cde326c0e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b302dce3d9edea5b93d1902a541684a967f3c63c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dfe13eaab043130f90dd3d57c7d88577c04adc97
Patch