Vulnerability in Openvswitch
CVE-2023-3966
A flaw was found in Open vSwitch where multiple versions are vulnerable to crafted Geneve packets, which may result in a denial of service and invalid memory accesses. Triggering this issue requires that hardware offloading via the netlink…
EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-3966?
- CVE-2023-3966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openvswitch, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-22.
- How severe is CVE-2023-3966?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-3966 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.