CVE-2023-1079
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1079
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-1079.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-1079
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-03-27T21:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A use-after-free may be triggered in asuskbdbacklightset when plugging/disconnecting in a malicious USB device, which advertises itself as an Asus device. Similarly to the previous known CVE-2023-25012, but in asus devices, the workstruct may be scheduled by the LED controller while the device is disconnecting, triggering a use-after-free on the struct asuskbdleds *led structure. A malicious USB device may exploit the issue to cause memory corruption with controlled data.
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