What is CVE-2023-33288?

CVE-2023-33288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-33288?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Use After Free in Linux Kernel

CVE-2023-33288

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2.9. A use-after-free was found in bq24190_remove in drivers/power/supply/bq24190_charger.c. It could allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a race condition.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2023-05-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-33288?: CVE-2023-33288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-33288?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.