medium 6.6

CVE-2023-1073 json

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB devic…

published 2023-03-27 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-23361

cvss: 6.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Patch / fix

distros 4 links 1

debian ubuntu red hat almalinux

linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1073

linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-209.220
linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-147.164
linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-70.77
linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1154.167
linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1100.108
linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1034.38
linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1103.112
linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1032.40

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1073

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

perf rhev hypervisor 4.4, RHEL 8.6 EUS 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0412 RHSA-2023:7077 RHSA-2023:6583 RHSA-2023:6901 RHSA-2024:0575 RHSA-2024:0881

kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
bpftool AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
kernel-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
kernel-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
python3-perf AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
kernel-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
kernel-zfcpdump AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:0897 ALSA-2023:7077

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12… patch

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-1073 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 6.6

kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values()

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
affected: no fix available
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7077
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6583
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, perf 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, rtla 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, perf 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9, +36 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7077

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-64k 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-core 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-tools 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, python3-perf 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, +28 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, +15 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.43.1.el8_8, +15 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0575
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, +2 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0881
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, +2 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6901
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6583
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.5.1.rt7.307.el8_9, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-513.18.1.rt7.320.el8_9, +14 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6901
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6583
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0412
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-044-09 updated 2025-05-06 cvss 6.6

Siemens SCALANCE W700 IEEE 802.11ax

Siemens SCALANCE WAB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-6AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (ME) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-7DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DC0) <V3.0.0

+13 more productsfewer

Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (6GK5766-1GE00-7TA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WAM766-1 EEC (US) (6GK5766-1GE00-7TB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 (6GK5762-1AJ00-1AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUB762-1 iFeatures (6GK5762-1AJ00-2AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3AA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (6GK5763-1AL00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3AB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM763-1 (US) (6GK5763-1AL00-3DB0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (6GK5766-1GE00-3DA0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (ME) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DC0) <V3.0.0 Siemens SCALANCE WUM766-1 (USA) (6GK5766-1GE00-3DB0) <V3.0.0

affected: fixed in V3.0.0 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-10 updated 2024-04-09 cvss 6.6

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP BIOS

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS <V1.3.0
affected: fixed in V1.3.0, workaround support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-23)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	6.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a kernel

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

git.kernel.org /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
mailing-list, patch
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3
broken-link
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
mailing-list
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
mailing-list
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
mailing-list
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-1073
NVD CVE-2023-1073

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Summary