CVE-2023-3161General(fedoraproject / enterprise_linux)

LOWCVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing font->width and font->height greater than 32 to fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-bounds occurs leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-1335CWE-682

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • enterprise_linux
  • fedora
  • linux_kernel

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
enterprise_linuxfedoralinux_kernel

4 versions affected across 3 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-12: 103-12
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Sanan Hasanov@s4nsec
    General

    @samir1119715 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3161

    Post summary

    The tweet simply links to Red Hat’s CVE page for CVE‑2023‑3161 without further information on PoC, exploitation, or mitigation.

    200455.0K
    925 followersView on X
CPE platform detail10 entries

10 of 10 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSfedoraprojectfedora38--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel---
OSlinuxlinux_kernel6.2--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel6.2--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel6.2--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel6.2--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel6.2--
OSlinuxlinux_kernel6.2--
OSredhatenterprise_linux8.0--
OSredhatenterprise_linux9.0--

Explore more