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CVE-2023-4156

Publication date 8 August 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gawk 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H