What is CVE-2023-6482?

CVE-2023-6482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2024-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-6482?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver

CVE-2023-6482

Use of encryption key derived from static information in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver allows an attacker to set up a TLS session with the fingerprint sensor and send restricted commands to the fingerprint sensor. This may allow an attac…

EPSS: 0.001 (22.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Synaptics Fingerprint Driver — versions 6.0.0.1103

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/fingerprint-driver-encryption-key… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6482?: CVE-2023-6482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synaptics Fingerprint Driver, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2024-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-6482?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.