Description
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.
Published: 2023-09-25
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57494 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6541-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Gnu Glibc
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T21:54:12.207Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T07:15:13.621Z

Link: CVE-2023-5156

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:07.535Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-25T16:15:15.613

Modified: 2026-10-14T22:17:18.940

Link: CVE-2023-5156

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5156 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-401

    Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime