CVE-2023-53661

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2025-10-07 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: avoid overflow in bnxt_get_nvram_directory() The value of an arithmetic expression is subject of possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead operator for avoiding overflow. Found by Security Code and Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
linux linux_kernel 4.4 – 5.15.113

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.16%
Raw Score 0.001600
Percentile 5.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00160
2026-10-28
0.00160

Intelligence Sources

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