CVE-2023-6779CWE-122

Glibc: off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal()

High · published January 31, 2024

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow was found in the __vsyslog_internal function of the glibc library. This function is called by the syslog and vsyslog functions. This issue occurs when these functions are called with a message bigger than INT_MAX bytes, leading to an incorrect calculation of the buffer size to store the message, resulting in an application crash. This issue affects glibc 2.37 and newer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03153 · 87.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2024-01-31T14:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 JAN 14:07Z
    Glibc: off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal()
    cvelistv5