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CVE-2023-52868

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52868 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's thermal core component, specifically affecting the sprintf() function. It involves a potential string overflow due to an unchecked dev->id value, which could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-787). With a CVSS score of 7.8, successful exploitation could result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the attack vector is local with low complexity and privileges, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.25, < 4.14.330CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 46th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-52868Low

kernel: thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0f6b3be28c4d62ef6498133959c72266629bea97
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3091ab943dfc7b2578599b0fe203350286fab5bb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3a8f4e58e1ee707b4f46a1000b40b86ea3dd509c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3f795fb35c2d8a637efe76b4518216c9319b998c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6ad1bf47fbe5750c4d5d8e41337665e193e2c521
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/77ff34a56b695e228e6daf30ee30be747973d6e8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b55f0a9f865be75ca1019aad331f3225f7b50ce8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c99626092efca3061b387043d4a7399bf75fbdd5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/edbd6bbe40ac524a8f2273ffacc53edf14f3c686
Patch