CVE-2023-5156
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5156
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5156.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5156
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-09-25T16:15:15Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-16T07:57:10.746834Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884
- 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
Affected packages
Debian:13 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source
Debian:14 / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/glibc?arch=source