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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884
Mailing List, Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156
Issue Tracking, Patch issue-tracking
x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
16.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (3)
gnu/glibc
2.34 - 2.39
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Sep 25, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026