{"id":44449,"date":"2025-05-25T23:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T23:39:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-08T04:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:18:55","slug":"cve-2023-6040-out-of-bounds-access-vulnerability-in-netfilter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-6040-out-of-bounds-access-vulnerability-in-netfilter\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2023-6040: Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability in Netfilter<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cybersecurity landscape continues to face new challenges with the discovery of the CVE-2023-6040 vulnerability, an out-of-bounds access issue involving netfilter. This vulnerability affects systems employing the netfilter technology, which is particularly used in Linux distributions for packet filtering, network address translation, and port translation.
\nThe CVE-2023-6040 vulnerability poses a severe threat due to its potential<\/a> for system compromise and data leakage. This could have disastrous consequences, especially for organizations dealing with sensitive data, as it could lead to unauthorized<\/a> data access and malicious activities within the compromised system.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2023-6040
\nSeverity: High (7.8)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>

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