CVE-2023-28866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel through 6.2.8, net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c allows out-of-bounds access because amp_init1[] and amp_init2[] are supposed to have an intentionally invalid element, but do not.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2024:2394	2024-04-30T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2024:2394	2024-04-30T00:00:00Z

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/commit/?id=95084403f8c070ccf5d7cbe72352519c1798a40a
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230321015018.1759683-1-iam%40sung-woo.kim/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28866
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/bluetooth/patch/20230322232543.3079578-1-luiz.dentz%40gmail.com
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/bluetooth/patch/[email protected]
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28866

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:02:01.482Z

Reserved: 2023-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-28866

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T13:51:38.321Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T01:15:07.377

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:34.563

Link: CVE-2023-28866

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-03-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-28866 - Bugzilla

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