CVE-2022-39046
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Aug 31, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 31, 2022
Description
An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N | mitre |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0002/
- GLSA-202310-03vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20240130 Re: CVE-2023-6246: Heap-based buffer overflow in the glibc's syslog()mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20240130 CVE-2023-6246: Heap-based buffer overflow in the glibc's syslog()mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html
- 20240204 CVE-2023-6246: Heap-based buffer overflow in the glibc's syslog()mailing-list
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