CVE-2023-4813

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when the getaddrinfo function is called and the hosts database in /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured with SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.

CVSS v3.1

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 75th percentile

Published

2023-09-12

Updated

2025-11-11

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• tnishiox/cve-2023-48132★ · 2024-06-22

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2024-2961
• CVE-2023-48123
• CVE-2023-4815
• CVE-2023-48122
• CVE-2023-48161
• CVE-2023-4812