CVE-2023-0179

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: March 27, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:24 AM UTC

15 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04

Fedora · Fedora Projectrpm

95%

36 37

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.895.16 ≤ v < 6.1.75.5.0 ≤ v < 5.10.164

Affected range stops below 5.10.164, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.15.89, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.1.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Codeready Linux Builder · Red Hat

95%

All versions

redhat-enterprise-linux (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-eus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems-eus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian-eus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment)

Enterprise Linux · Red Hatrpm

95%

9.0

Enterprise Linux Eus · Red Hatrpm

95%

9.0

Enterprise Linux for IBM Z Systems · Red Hat

95%

9.0

Enterprise Linux for Power Little Endian · Red Hat

95%

9.0