Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-35253.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-35253
Upstream
Published
2024-01-29T17:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:12:00.042009Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2023-40546 affecting package shim for versions less than 15.8-3
Details

A flaw was found in Shim when an error happened while creating a new ESL variable. If Shim fails to create the new variable, it tries to print an error message to the user; however, the number of parameters used by the logging function doesn't match the format string used by it, leading to a crash under certain circumstances.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / shim

Package

Name
shim
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/shim

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
15.8-3

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-35253.json"