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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2023-53705 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv() optlen is fetched without checking whether there is more than one byte to parse. It can lead to out-of-bounds access. Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/011f47c8b8389154f996f5f69da8efc3a3beefef kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04bf69e3de435d793a203aacc4b774f8f9f2baeb kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e656d0d4a84ea0ee9a39c6f69160a3effccc94 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878ecb0897f4737a4c9401f3523fd49589025671 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91dd8aab9c9f193210681b86b6b92840ffe74f0c kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b92e2d0eb696d7586ba832c8854653b59887da0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68c0f7edbc9a294094ce03a0aaf45aa489ce40 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5f82688ae10f5f386952e65e941bb8868ee54dc kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-53705
NVD Published Date:
10/22/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/14/2026
Source:
kernel.org