CVE-2023-48368 [Medium] | Memory Corruption in Media Sdk

CVE-2023-48368 is rated Low Risk (28.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.03%	0.24%	+0.21%
2	2025-11-21	0.05%	0.03%	-0.02%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.05%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.03%

0.24%

+0.21%

2025-11-21

0.05%

0.03%

-0.02%

2025-11-18

—

0.05%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.9	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.5	4.0	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.9

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.5

4.0

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-48368

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	end-of-life	CVE-2023-48368 end-of-life priority: Debian including 2 source packages (intel-mediasdk, onevpl-intel-gpu), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 3.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48368
`suse`	medium	CVE-2023-48368 severity moderate: SUSE including 112 source package names (ffmpeg-4-4.4.5-9.1, ffmpeg-4-libavcodec-devel-4.4.5-9.1, …), 144 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 142, Known Not Affected 2.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-48368/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-48368 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (intel-mediasdk), 7 status rows across 7 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): needed 3, DNE 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-48368

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-48368

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
intel	media_sdk	—	cpe:2.3:a:intel:media_sdk::::::::

References for CVE-2023-48368

URL	Tags
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00935.html	Vendor Advisory

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CVE-2023-48368

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-48368

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-48368

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-48368

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-48368

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-48368

References for CVE-2023-48368