What is CVE-2023-52861?

CVE-2023-52861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-52861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2023-52861

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: it66121: Fix invalid connector dereference Fix the NULL pointer dereference when no monitor is connected, and the sound card is opened from userspace. Instead return an empty buffer (of zeroes) as the EDID information to the sound framework if there is no connector attached.

EPSS: 0.002 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions e0fd83dbe92426e4f09b01111d260d2a7dc72fdb, 5.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52861?: CVE-2023-52861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-52861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.