VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5156
A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.34%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the GNU C Library. A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- gnu/glibc · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796Mailing List, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.