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
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Source ID Title
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
History

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000


Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


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Gnu Glibc
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Els
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-07T06:11:50.271Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-5156

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-11-07T07:17:01.727

Link: CVE-2023-5156

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2023-5156 - Bugzilla

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