CVE-2023-0687

MEDIUM 4.6

CVSS Score

4.6

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library 2.38. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function __monstartup of the file gmon.c of the component Call Graph Monitor. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-220246 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The inputs that induce this vulnerability are basically addresses of the running application that is built with gmon enabled. It's basically trusted input or input that needs an actual security flaw to be compromised or controlled.

CWE	CWE-120
Vendor	gnu
Product	c library
Published	Feb 6, 2023
Last Updated	Nov 25, 2024

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

GNU / C Library

2.38

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/?id.220246 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220246 sourceware.org: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29444 patchwork.sourceware.org: https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/20230204114138.5436-1-leo%40yuriev.ru/