CVE-2023-3161
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3161
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-3161.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-3161
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-06-12T20:15:12Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing font->width and font->height greater than 32 to fbconsetfont, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-bounds occurs leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service.
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