What is CVE-2023-45862?

CVE-2023-45862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-45862?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel

CVE-2023-45862

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c for the ENE UB6250 reader driver in the Linux kernel before 6.2.5. An object could potentially extend beyond the end of an allocation.

Published 2023-10-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.8% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch, Mailing List)
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.5 (Release Notes)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0004/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45862?: CVE-2023-45862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-45862?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.