CVE-2023-5158

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.21% (11th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
12 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in vringh_kiov_advance in drivers/vhost/vringh.c in the host side of a virtio ring in the Linux Kernel. This issue may result in a denial of service from guest to host via zero length descriptor.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2 · impact 4
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-684USCWE-684USCWE-835US
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affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2438Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-09-25csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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also known as (4)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-09-25modified 2026-06-17
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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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