What is CVE-2023-5447?

CVE-2023-5447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver, classified under CWE-414. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-5447?

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

Use After Free in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver

CVE-2023-5447

Missing lock check in SynHsaService may create a use-after-free condition which causes abnormal termination of the service, resulting in denial of service for the Synaptics Hardware Support App.

EPSS: 0.001 (22.6th 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

Synaptics Fingerprint Driver — versions 6.0.0.1105, 6.0.0.1136

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-414
CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/fingerprint-driver-HSAService-sec…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5447?: CVE-2023-5447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver, classified under CWE-414. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-5447?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.