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CVE-2023-3297

accountsservice: use-after-free via a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 28, 2023

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in accountsservice. An unprivileged local attacker can trigger a use-after-free vulnerability in accountsservice by sending a D-Bus message to the accounts-daemon process. Though exploitation is likely to be difficult, this issue could enable a local unprivileged attacker to gain root privileges.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free