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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-4156
Heap out of bound read in builtin.c
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Red Hat would like to thank Jiongchi Yu for reporting this issue.
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
gawk, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 25th, 2023
Last Modified:
September 24th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L