CVE-2023-53782 | dccp: Fix out of bounds access in DCCP error handler

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dccp: Fix out of bounds access in DCCP error handler There was a previous attempt to fix an out-of-bounds access in the DCCP error handlers, but that fix assumed that the error handlers only want to access the first 8 bytes of the DCCP header. Actually, they also look at the DCCP sequence number, which is stored beyond 8 bytes, so an explicit pskb_may_pull() is required.

Published: 2025-12-09 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-53782 is rated Low Risk (19.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-53782

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-19 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2026-05-07 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2026-04-10 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-53782

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-53782

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-53782

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-53782 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-53782
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53782
suse medium CVE-2023-53782 severity moderate: SUSE including 360 source package names (2.1.3-6.115:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-39.1.21.16, 2.1.3-7.146:kernel-rt-6.4.0-40.1, …), 659 product×package rows across 131 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (131 product lines)): Fixed 385, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 43. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53782/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-53782 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 175, released 137, not-affected 63, needed 19, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53782

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-53782

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2023-53782

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