Use After Free in Canonical Ltd. Accountservice
CVE-2023-3297
In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Canonical Ltd. Accountservice — versions 23.13.9-2ubuntu2
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Canonical Accountsservice
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 23.04, 22.10, 22.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-3297?
- CVE-2023-3297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Accountservice, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-09-01.
- How severe is CVE-2023-3297?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.