CVE-2023-4016 (GCVE-0-2023-4016)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-02 04:20 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine, the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernal |
Affected:
3.3.0 (might be earlier) - latest
|
guessed |
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