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CVE-2023-52873

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52873 addresses a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MediaTek clock driver (clk-mt6779). This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could lead to a denial of service (A:H) if a local attacker (AV:L, PR:L) exploits it with low complexity (AC:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.5.12CPE 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
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 58th 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-2023-52873Low

kernel: clk: mediatek: clk-mt6779: Add check for mtk_alloc_clk_data

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1f57f78fbacf630430bf954e5a84caafdfea30c0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3994387ba3564976731179c4d4a6d7850ddda71a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a90239551abc181687f8c0ba60b276f7d75c141e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ca6d565a2319d69d9766e6ecbb5af827fc4afb2b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/df1c4a9efa3f5b6fb5e0ae63890230dbe2190b7e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f6a7c51cf07a399ec067d39f0a22f1817c5c7d2b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fbe466f06d4ea18745da0d57540539b7b36936ae
Patch