CVE-2023-6779
Glibc: off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal()
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 8.2
- EPSS
- EPSS 3.15 % · percentile 88 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-58991
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-6779
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0492 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.37 < 2.39cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6779
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254395
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240223-0006/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |