What is CVE-2023-51787?

CVE-2023-51787 is a high-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-51787?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-51787 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Windriver Vxworks

CVE-2023-51787

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 22.09 and 23.03. If a VxWorks task or POSIX thread that uses OpenSSL exits, limited per-task memory is not freed, resulting in a memory leak.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Windriver Vxworks — versions 7
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-51787?: CVE-2023-51787 is a high-severity vulnerability in Windriver Vxworks, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-51787?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-51787 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.