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CVE-2023-52853

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52853 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the cp2112 HID driver, caused by duplicate workqueue initialization leading to warnings and potential NULL dereferences. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and can result in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.10, < 4.19.299CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.261CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.201CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.139CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.63CPE 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
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 66th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52853Low

kernel: hid: cp2112: Fix duplicate workqueue initialization

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/012d0c66f9392a99232ac28217229f32dd3a70cf
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3d959406c8fff2334d83d0c352d54fd6f5b2e7cd
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/727203e6e7e7020e1246fc1628cbdb8d90177819
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bafb12b629b7c3ad59812dd1ac1b0618062e0e38
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/df0daac2709473531d6a3472997cc65301ac06d6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e3c2d2d144c082dd71596953193adf9891491f42
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/eb1121fac7986b30915ba20c5a04cc01fdcf160c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fb5718bc67337dde1528661f419ffcf275757592
Patch