CVE-2023-5349

A memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick, an interface between Ruby and ImageMagick. This issue can lead to a denial of service (DOS) by memory exhaustion.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5349	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406	Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3XMQ2KWPYGT447EKPENGXXHKAQ5NUWF/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5349	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00030.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3XMQ2KWPYGT447EKPENGXXHKAQ5NUWF/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rmagick:rmagick:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-10-30 21:15

Updated : 2026-01-05 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-5349

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5349

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5349

JSON object : View

Products Affected

rmagick

rmagick

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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