Wiz
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-42725

CVE-2023-42725: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-42725 is a vulnerability discovered in the GPU driver of Unisoc devices. The vulnerability was disclosed in December 2023 and affects multiple Unisoc hardware platforms including S8000, SC9863A, T310, T606, T610, T612, T616, T618, T760, and Android 11.0 operating systems (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) due to a missing bounds check in the GPU driver. The severity of this vulnerability has been rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.4 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could lead to a local denial of service with System execution privileges required. The impact is primarily focused on system availability, with no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access and high privileges for exploitation. System execution privileges are needed to successfully exploit this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

Related NixOS vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2026-75874CRITICAL10
  • NixOS logoNixOS
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox
NoYesAug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-74990CRITICAL9.8
  • NixOS logoNixOS
  • thunderbird
NoYesAug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-74989CRITICAL9.8
  • NixOS logoNixOS
  • thunderbird
NoYesAug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-74988CRITICAL9.8
  • NixOS logoNixOS
  • thunderbird
NoYesAug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-74987CRITICAL9.8
  • NixOS logoNixOS
  • MozillaFirefox
NoYesAug 18, 2026

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Additional Wiz resources

Cloud Vulnerability DB

Cloud Vulnerability DB

A community-led vulnerabilities database

Cloud Threat Landscape

Cloud Threat Landscape

A threat intelligence database

PEACH

PEACH

A tenant isolation framework

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management
Get a demo