CVE-2023-1073
A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456Mailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456Mailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.