
CVE catalog
CVE-2023-5156
glibc: CVE-2023-5156
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.63% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in the GNU C Library. A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | glibc | sid | 2.43-7 | fixed |
| Debian | glibc | forky | 2.43-7 | fixed |
| Debian | glibc | trixie | 2.41-12+deb13u4 | fixed |
| Debian | glibc | bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u14 | not affected |
| Debian | glibc | bookworm-security | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | not affected |
| Cpe | glibc | Not reported | 2.39 | fixed |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.17-93ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.18-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.18-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.18-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.18-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.18-0ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.18-0ubuntu7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.14 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.15 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | eglibc | pro | 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.34-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu3.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu3.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | glibc | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu3.5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | glibc | source | sid | 2.37-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053002] |
| Debian | glibc | source | forky | 2.37-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053002] |
| Debian | glibc | source | trixie | 2.37-11 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053002] |
| Debian | glibc | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | [1053002] |
| Cpe | glibc | cpe | Not reported | 2.39 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-5156 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | glibc | deb | 22.04 | 2.35-0ubuntu3.5 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5156 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-831302.json]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5156]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5156]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5156]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5156]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-5156.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2439.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [CISA cybersecurity advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]