CVE-2023-4156

A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package. This issue may lead to a crash and could be used to read sensitive information.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156	Exploit Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215930	Exploit Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gawk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Sep 2023, 19:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.1
References	~~(MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156 -~~	(MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4156 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215930 -~~	(MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215930 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CWE		CWE-125
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gawk:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
First Time		Fedoraproject Gnu gawk Gnu Fedoraproject fedora Redhat Redhat enterprise Linux

25 Sep 2023, 18:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-09-25 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14

NVD link : CVE-2023-4156

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4156

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4156

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

gawk

redhat

enterprise_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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