CVE-2023-0179
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap...
- Published
- Mar 27, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 79.7%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.
Sources
- CVE-2023-0179-PoCExploit
Exploit for (CVE-2023-0179) This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-0179, affecting all Linux versions from 5.5 to 6.2-rc3, and was tested on 6.1.6. Details and articles about the vulnerability can be found on oss-security.
- CVE-2023-0179-POC-Exploit
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2023-0179 targeting Linux kernel privilege escalation. Includes build instructions and a compiled binary to achieve root access on vulnerable kernel 6.1.6.
- CVE-2023-0179-PoCExploit
Exploit for CVE-2023-0179, a stack buffer overflow in the Linux nftables subsystem, enabling unprivileged local privilege escalation to root via modprobe_path overwrite.
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