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CVE-2023-52887

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CAN bus J1939 networking module, specifically impacting the handling of tightly received Request to Send (RTS) messages. This local vulnerability, rated 5.5 CVSS, could lead to a denial of service (A:H) due to enhanced error handling replacing less informative backtraces with clearer messages and early session termination. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, making its immediate threat low.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4, < 5.4.279CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.221CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.162CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.97CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.37CPE 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
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 60th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

autodeskpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
freepbxpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
honeywellpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (4)

honeywellllm-honeywell-c82b5cfda9df97a3CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

Oct 27, 2025
autodeskllm-autodesk-c365b674a2ff5a3aCRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

Oct 27, 2025
freepbxllm-freepbx-e54908c7967265f6CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

Oct 27, 2025
redhatCVE-2023-52887Low

kernel: net: can: j1939: enhanced error handling for tightly received RTS messages in xtp_rx_rts_session_new

Jul 29, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0bc0a7416ea73f79f915c9a05ac0858dff65cfed
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1762ca80c2b72dd1b5821c5e347713ae696276ea
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/177e33b655d35d72866b50aec84307119dc5f3d4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/26b18dd30e63d4fd777be429148e8e4ed66f60b2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d3e2904f71ea0fe7eaff1d68a2b0363c888ea0fb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ed581989d7ea9df6f8646beba2341e32cd49a1f9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f6c839e717901dbd6b1c1ca807b6210222eb70f6
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html