Security advisory

{
  "id": "d1faa0502d81d0b2ed5bbdad05b3738e3f50edd4539cd5849aa717c7e28630ae",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4016",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-4016",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-4016",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-4016",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-4016"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "fadce3f1b25b55d5f22be0d26db1ae2a53018255"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "fadce3f1b25b55d5f22be0d26db1ae2a53018255"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.3.0 (might be earlier) - latest"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.3.0 (might be earlier) - latest"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:procps_project:procps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.0.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.3.0 (might be earlier) - latest",
            "v3.3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-4016.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.699950496Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUETRRT24OFGPYK6ACPM5VUGHNKH5CQ5/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4016.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4016",
        "https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-122"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "trellix",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4016.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-4016",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 520227,
  "published_at": "2023-08-02T04:20:20.645+00:00"
}