CVE-2023-53554

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Aug 4, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext()

The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user. If it's over IW_ENCODING_TOKEN_MAX (64) that could lead to memory corruption.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 4, 2025
Last modified
Aug 4, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-53554: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix