VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-4813

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.93%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-12
Last modified2026-10-30
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when the getaddrinfo function is called and the hosts database in /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured with SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references