CVE-2023-3812

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2023-07-24 Modified: 2026-11-07 First seen: 2026-11-07 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
linux linux_kernel 4.15 – 4.19.265
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0

References & Advisories (26)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6799
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6813
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7370
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7379
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7382
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7389
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7411
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7418
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7548
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7549
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7554
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0340
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0378
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0461
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0554
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0562
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0563
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0575
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0593
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1961
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2006
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2008
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224048
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Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.34%
Raw Score 0.003440
Percentile 28.4%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00344
2026-11-12
0.00344
2026-11-10
0.00344
2026-11-09
0.00344
2026-11-08
0.00344
2026-11-07
0.00344
2026-11-06
0.00344

Intelligence Sources

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