CVE-2023-20801

Summary

CVE-2023-20801 is a vulnerability affecting the imgsys component, which involves a possible use-after-free issue due to a race condition. This issue can result in local privilege escalation, granting attackers system execution privileges. Distinctively, user interaction is not required for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. Organizations are advised to apply the patch with ID ALPS07420968 as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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