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CVE-2023-53300

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53300 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's hi846 media driver. Specifically, the hi846_init_controls function fails to properly free allocated resources upon failure, leading to a memory leak. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.16, < 6.1.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.3, < 6.3.2CPE 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 2026-07-28
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53300

kernel: media: hi846: Fix memleak in hi846_init_controls()

Sep 16, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/07f0f15e5db60c5b0722049d3251ef4a46dc3b76
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/12a80b1490e398f5ad7157508cf32b73511de5fc
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2649c1a20e8e399ee955d0e22192f9992662c3d2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fd22e8c8c38fb40f130d3a60e52c59996a5bbae9
Patch