CVE-2023-4016

LOW

procps 3.3.0-4.0.2 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow via ps Utility

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 2.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-122 CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora 38
procps_project/procps 3.3.0 - 4.0.3
Published Aug 02, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026