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CVE-2023-53249

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53249 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the clock driver for the NXP i.MX8M Nano processor. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could lead to a denial of service (A:H) due to resource exhaustion, requiring local access (AV:L, PR:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4, < 5.10.188CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4, < 6.4.4CPE 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
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 22nd 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53249Low

kernel: clk: imx: clk-imx8mn: fix memory leak in imx8mn_clocks_probe

Sep 15, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/188d070de9132667956f5aadd98d2bd87d3eac89
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/294321349bd3b0680847fc2bbe66b9ab3e522fea
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/50b5ddde8fad5f0ffd239029d0956af633a0f9b1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9428cf0fbf4be9a24f3e15a0c166b861b12666af
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9ba3693b0350b154fdd7830559bbc7b04c067096
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d4fa5e47af1e7bb2bbcaac062b14216c00e92148
Patch