Is CVE-2023-4016 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-4016 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-4016?

CVE-2023-4016 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.5 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-4016?

CVE-2023-4016 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-4016?

Upgrade procps on debian 13 to 2:4.0.4-1 or later. Fixes are available for 12 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-4016

LOW

2.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

procpsDebian

Fixed in:2:4.0.4-1CVE-2023-4016

procps-ngRocky

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ngRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-develRocky

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-i18nRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procps-ng-i18nRocky

Fixed in:0:3.3.15-14.el8RHSA-2023:7187

Fixed in:0:3.3.17-13.el9RHSA-2023:6705

procpsUbuntu

Fixed in:2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.5+esm1USN-6477-1

Fixed in:2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.2+esm1USN-6477-1

Fixed in:2:3.3.16-1ubuntu2.4USN-6477-1

Fixed in:2:3.3.17-6ubuntu2.1USN-6477-1

Fixed in:2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.04.1USN-6477-1

Fixed in:2:4.0.3-1ubuntu1.23.10.1USN-6477-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

Mitigation1

lists.fedoraproject.org

Product1

gitlab.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-26256	High	7.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-25687	Medium	5.9	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-3459	High	8.8	86%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21017	High	8.8	86%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-25683	Medium	5.9	86%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.