CVE-2023-53554
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
8.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-787
Published 2025-10-04 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-10-04 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext() The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user. If it's over IW_ENCODING_TOKEN_MAX (64) that could lead to memory corruption.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202