VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2023-40546
CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-01-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
A flaw was found in Shim when an error happened while creating a new ESL variable. If Shim fails to create the new variable, it tries to print an error message to the user; however, the number of parameters used by the logging function doesn't match the format string used by it, leading to a crash under certain circumstances.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference