What is CVE-2023-5158?

CVE-2023-5158 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2023-5158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5158?

CVE-2023-5158 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-5158?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-5158. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2023-5158 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-5158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2023-5158

Medium

A flaw was found in vringh_kiov_advance in drivers/vhost/vringh.c in the host side of a virtio ring in the Linux Kernel. This issue may result in a denial of service from guest to host via zero length descriptor.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2023-09-25

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-684

CVE-2023-5158 is classified as CWE-684

See CWE-684 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2023-5158 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5158

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240561
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2023-5158

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2023-09-25

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5158?

CVE-2023-5158 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2023-5158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5158?

CVE-2023-5158 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2023-5158?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2023-5158. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2023-5158 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2023-5158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.