CVE-2023-4016

Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap.

CVSS v3 2.5 LOW

2.5^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps	Product
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUETRRT24OFGPYK6ACPM5VUGHNKH5CQ5/	Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps	Product
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUETRRT24OFGPYK6ACPM5VUGHNKH5CQ5/	Mitigation Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:procps_project:procps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-02 05:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:34

NVD link : CVE-2023-4016

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4016

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4016

JSON object : View

Products Affected

procps_project

procps

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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