Is CVE-2023-40546 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-40546 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-40546?

CVE-2023-40546 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-40546?

CVE-2023-40546 has an EPSS score of 0.43% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40546?

Upgrade shim on debian 11 to 15.8-1~deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 21 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-40546

MEDIUM

6.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A flaw was found in Shim when an error happened while creating a new ESL variable. If Shim fails to create the new variable, it tries to print an error message to the user; however, the number of parameters used by the logging function doesn't match the format string used by it, leading to a crash under certain circumstances.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

shimDebian

Fixed in:15.8-1~deb11u1CVE-2023-40546

Fixed in:15.8-1~deb12u1CVE-2023-40546

Fixed in:15.8-1CVE-2023-40546

mokutilRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

mokutilRocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

mokutil-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

mokutil-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

shimRocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_2RHSA-2024:1834

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_4RHSA-2024:1873

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9RHSA-2024:1835

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9_2RHSA-2024:1876

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el9_3RHSA-2024:1903

shimRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_2RHSA-2024:1834

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_4RHSA-2024:1873

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el9_3RHSA-2024:1903

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9RHSA-2024:1835

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9_2RHSA-2024:1876

shim-aa64Rocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9_2RHSA-2024:1876

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el9_3RHSA-2024:1903

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9RHSA-2024:1835

shim-aa64Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el9_3RHSA-2024:1903

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9RHSA-2024:1835

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9_2RHSA-2024:1876

shim-ia32Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_2RHSA-2024:1834

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_4RHSA-2024:1873

shim-ia32Rocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_4RHSA-2024:1873

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_2RHSA-2024:1834

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

shim-signedRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

shim-signedRocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

shim-unsigned-aarch64Rocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el9RHSA-2024:1835

shim-unsigned-aarch64Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el9RHSA-2024:1835

shim-unsigned-ia32Rocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el7RHSA-2024:1959

shim-unsigned-ia32Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el7RHSA-2024:1959

shim-unsigned-x64Rocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el9RHSA-2024:1835

shim-unsigned-x64Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el9RHSA-2024:1835

shim-x64Rocky

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_4RHSA-2024:1873

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_2RHSA-2024:1834

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el9_3RHSA-2024:1903

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9RHSA-2024:1835

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9_2RHSA-2024:1876

shim-x64Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:15.8-1.el7RHSA-2024:1959

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el8_9RHSA-2024:1902

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_4RHSA-2024:1873

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_6RHSA-2024:2086

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8_2RHSA-2024:1834

Fixed in:0:15.8-2.el8RHSA-2024:1883

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9RHSA-2024:1835

Fixed in:0:15.8-3.el9_2RHSA-2024:1876

Fixed in:0:15.8-4.el9_3RHSA-2024:1903

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references10

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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