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.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
Netapp H410c
Netapp H410c_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (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.