CVE-2023-2602
LOW
3.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraEnterprise Linux
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Severity
LOW3.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A vulnerability was found in the pthread_create() function in libcap. This issue may allow a malicious actor to use cause __real_pthread_create() to return an error, which can exhaust the process memory.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114ExploitTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdfCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401
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