CVE-2023-3297
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Ubuntu's accountsservice an unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- canonical accountsservice< 0.6.55-0ubuntu12\~20.04.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- canonical accountsservice< 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- canonical accountsservice< 22.08.8-1ubuntu7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182cnnvd
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-3297/cnnvd
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-139_accountsservice/cnnvd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6190-1cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.3699cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2024182enisa_euvd
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3297enisa_euvd
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