CVE-2023-4016
3.3
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.01%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-4016
To remediate CVE-2023-4016, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/procps—upgrade to 3.3.17-r1 or later
- Alpine/procps-ng—upgrade to 4.0.4-r0 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2023-4016 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.3.17-r1
- from 0, < 4.0.4-r0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |