CVE-2023-2603

libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · May 16, 2023

Updated · December 3, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in libcap. This issue occurs in the _libcap_strdup() function and can lead to an integer overflow if the input string is close to 4GiB.

Statement

This vulnerability is rated by the security researchers who discovered it (linked in external references, see section 4.1.2) as a Moderate impact.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound