What is CVE-2023-25012?

CVE-2023-25012 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, classified as a Use After Free flaw (CWE-416). CVE-2023-25012 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-25012?

CVE-2023-25012 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-25012?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2023-25012 patch availability.

Is CVE-2023-25012 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-25012 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Use After Free (CWE-416)?

The product references memory after it has been freed, which may cause it to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CVE-2023-25012

Medium

The Linux kernel through 6.1.9 has a Use-After-Free in bigben_remove in drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c via a crafted USB device because the LED controllers remain registered for too long.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2023-02-02

Last modified 2025-05-05

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-416

CVE-2023-25012 is a Use After Free vulnerability

What is Use After Free?

The product references memory after it has been freed, which may cause it to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

9 total

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/02/1

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Seclists
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/53

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/1
SUSE
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207560
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27d2a2fd844ec7da70d19fabb482304fd1e0595b

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-25012

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2023-02-02

Modified 2025-05-05

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25012?

CVE-2023-25012 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 , classified as an Use After Free flaw (CWE-416) . CVE-2023-25012 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-25012?

CVE-2023-25012 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-25012?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2023-25012 patch availability.
Is CVE-2023-25012 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2023-25012 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.