CVE-2023-3161Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer in Kernel

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 12
Latest updateFeb 14

Description

A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing font->width and font->height greater than 32 to fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-bounds occurs leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 6.2+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-243.277
Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 38

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
linux-iot vulnerabilities2023-07-27
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities2023-07-26
OSV
linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities2023-07-12
OSV
CVE-2023-3161: A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel2023-06-12
CVEList
CVE-2023-3161: A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel2023-06-12

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0001 Informational Bulletin: Impact of OSS CVEs in PAN-OS2024-02-14
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities2023-07-27
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2023-07-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities2023-07-12
Microsoft
A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing font->width and font->height greater than 32 to fbcon_set_font since there are no checks in place a shift-out-of2023-06-13

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2023-3161 kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font()2023-06-08
CVE-2023-3161 — Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer | cvebase