What is CVE-2023-0193?

CVE-2023-0193 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-0193?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux Kernel

CVE-2023-0193

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit SDK contains a vulnerability in cuobjdump, where a local user running the tool against a malicious binary may cause an out-of-bounds read, which may result in a limited denial of service and limited information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
NVIDIA Cuda Toolkit
NVIDIA Cuda Toolkit — versions All versions prior to 12.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5446 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0193?: CVE-2023-0193 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-0193?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.