CVE-2023-53165

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: Fix uninitialized array access for some pathnames For filenames that begin with . and are between 2 and 5 characters long, UDF charset conversion code would read uninitialized memory in the output buffer. The only practical impact is that the name may be prepended a "unification hash" when it is not actually needed but still it is good to fix this.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/008ae78d1e12efa904dc819b1ec83e2bca6b2c56	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/028f6055c912588e6f72722d89c30b401bbcf013	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f1368af47acf4d0b2a5fb0d2c0d6919d2234b6d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4503f6fc95d6dee85fb2c54785848799e192c51c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d50988da0db167aed6f38685145cb5cd526c4f8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985f9666698960dfc87a106d6314203fa90fda75	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6824149809395dfbb5bc36bc7057cc3cb84e56d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37f998d357102e8eb0f8eeb33f03fff22e49cbf	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-15 14:15

Updated : 2025-11-24 21:02

NVD link : CVE-2023-53165

Mitre link : CVE-2023-53165

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-53165

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-908

Use of Uninitialized Resource

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