CVE-2023-44466
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
An issue was discovered in net/ceph/messenger_v2.c in the Linux kernel before 6.4.5. There is an integer signedness error, leading to a buffer overflow and remote code execution via HELLO or one of the AUTH frames. This occurs because of an untrusted length taken from a TCP packet in ceph_decode_32.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a282a2f10539dce2aa619e71e1817570d557fc97
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-jg27-jx6w-xwph
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a282a2f10539dce2aa619e71e1817570d557fc97
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0003/
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/ceph-devel/msg57909.html
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-23.