CVE-2023-4459

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4459
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4459.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-4459
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Published
2023-08-21T19:15:09Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
Severity
  • 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
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Details

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in vmxnet3rqcleanup in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c in the networking sub-component in vmxnet3 in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker with normal user privilege to cause a denial of service due to a missing sanity check during cleanup.

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Affected packages