CVE-2023-46343 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel before 6.5.9, there is a NULL pointer dereference in send_acknowledge in net/nfc/nci/spi.c.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.5.9
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7937609cd387246aed994e81aa4fa951358fba41
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7937609cd387246aed994e81aa4fa951358fba41
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231013184129.18738-1-krzysztof.kozlowski%40linaro.org/T/#r38bdbaf8ae15305b77f6c5bc8e15d38f405623c7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46343
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46343

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}` cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T13:55:44.214Z

Reserved: 2023-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46343

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:41.271Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T10:15:10.383

Modified: 2025-06-17T14:15:27.323

Link: CVE-2023-46343

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-01-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-46343 - Bugzilla

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