CVE-2023-53762: Linux 5.17

CVE-2023-53762 affects linux. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00248 (percentile 0.15106), scored 20-Oct-2026. Fixed version: 6.5.3-1. Fixed version: 6.5.3-1. Fixed version: 6.1.190-1.

Affected technology

Linux · 182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 to before 5e3ee972f185eb7957ce789b3bf13a3cb790f178, 182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 to before a30c074f0b5b7f909a15c978fbc96a29e2f94e42, 182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 to before ba3ba53ce1f76fc372b8f918fece4f9b1e41acd4, 182ee45da083db4e3e621541ccf255bfa9652214 to before 94d9ba9f9888b748d4abd2aa1547af56ae85f772
Linux

Linux · 5.17
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Adjacent network · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 21-Oct-2026 15:29 UTC

Product: linux
CCR priority: 35.3 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00248 · percentile 0.15106 · 2026-10-20
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 16:56:29.772392+00:00 UTC
GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 06:01:24.332572+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 05:55:03.931280+00:00 UTC
OSV.dev · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 07:07:21.683489+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2023-53762.html