CVE-2023-4156 | BDVDB-2026-212411 Detail

Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Description#

A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package. This issue may lead to a crash and could be used to read sensitive information.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact none, availability impact low. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12023-09-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-24Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2023-09-25
Last modified: 2024-09-24

Vendor information

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All Red Hat vulnerabilities

Score

4.4 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 36.2.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Memory Corruption

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

No version data in the source record.

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

4.4 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	None
Availability	Low

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).