CVE-2023-48420

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Dec 8, 2023
Updated: Mar 12, 2024
CWE ID 362

Summary

CVE-2023-48420 is a newly discovered vulnerability that involves a possible use-after-free issue caused by a race condition. This means that memory previously allocated and then freed can be accessed and potentially misused, allowing an attacker to escalate privileges locally. Notably, user interaction is not required for an exploit, making this a serious concern for impacted systems. Successful exploitation could result in the attacker gaining System execution privileges, enabling them to carry out various malicious activities.

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