Medium severity · published May 11, 2024
CVE-2023-5447
Use-After-Free in Service for Hardware Support App for Fingerprint Driver
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Missing lock check in SynHsaService may create a use-after-free condition which causes abnormal termination of the service, resulting in denial of service for the Synaptics Hardware Support App.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SF
Synaptics Fingerprint Driver · Synaptics
6.0.0.1105 before 6.0.64.1105; 6.0.0.1136 before 6.0.39.1136 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5447
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5447
www.synaptics.com
https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/fingerprint-driver-HSAService-security-brief-2023-10-13.pdf
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