A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem). This issue may allow a malicious user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause a 4 byte out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH when parsing netlink attributes, leading to potential leakage of sensitive heap data to userspace.
CVE-2023-3773
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-07-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 25(Track)EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity55% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 17%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 25, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3773
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218944
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3773
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218944
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00027.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-3773(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-tools-oem-22.04c (6.1.0.1023.24) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.2.0.39.39) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.91.88) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-gkeop-5.15 (5.15.0.1034.33) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-kvm (6.2.0.1018.18) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-hwe-22.04 (6.2.0.39.40~22.04.16) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-intel-iotg-edge (5.15.0.1046.52~20.04.36) @ focal | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.91.92) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-tools-intel-iotg (5.15.0.1046.46) @ jammy | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 | 2023-11-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-5.10 | 5.10.136-1~deb10u1 ... 5.10.179-5~deb10u1 (10 versions) | 5.10.197-1~deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (34 versions) | 5.10.197-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 6.1.27-1 ... 6.1.38-4~bpo11+1 (8 versions) | 6.1.52-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 6.4.13-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | — | 6.4.13-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-37732024-01-21
Kernel: xfrm: out-of-bounds read of xfrma_mtimer_thresh nlattr
- UbuntuUSN-6415-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6534-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6534-2MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6534-3MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6549-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6549-2MEDIUM
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6549-3MEDIUM
Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6549-4MEDIUM
Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6549-5MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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