CVE-2023-4813

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4813
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4813.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-4813
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-09-12T21:54:33.387Z
Modified
2026-05-15T11:53:15.997044523Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet()
Details

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when the getaddrinfo function is called and the hosts database in /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured with SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4813.json",
    "cna_assigner": "redhat"
}
References

Affected packages