CVE-2023-25139

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 71.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-02-03 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-26 14:49Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-02-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a7d26a7e69a7acbd772b84de9638057ef5eaca853d94590e0391cc21eab17114

• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30068
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230210 CVE-2023-25139: glibc-2.37 sprintf buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/10/1mailing-list
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0010/