CVE-2023-0179

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 79th percentile

Published

2023-03-27

Updated

2025-02-19

Proof-of-concept exploits (5)

• https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/20
• H4K6/CVE-2023-0179-PoC200★ · 2023-03-16
• TurtleARM/CVE-2023-0179-PoC215★ · 2024-03-29
• prabeershakya/CVE-2023-0179-POC-
• shakyanayann/CVE-2023-0179

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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