CVE-2023-4911

UNKNOWNKnown Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=1056e5b4c3f2d90ed2b4a55f96add28da2f4c8fa, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-4911, https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5514 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4911

Remediation deadline: December 12, 2023

Description

GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so contains a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable, allowing a local attacker to execute code with elevated privileges.

Timeline

Published:November 21st, 2023 12:00 AM

Last modified:November 21st, 2023 12:00 AM

Added to KEV:November 21st, 2023

CVSS Scoring

No CVSS v3 score available

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

GNU

Products

GNU C Library

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

No references available.

Source: CISA KEV + NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute