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🛡️ CVE-2023-5349 — fedora

🟡 CVSS 5.3 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-401 NVD
5.3
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Description

memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-5349 is classified as CWE-401: Memory Leak. Allocated memory is never released, so long-running or repeated operations gradually exhaust it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-5349 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • fedora
  • rmagick (fixed in 5.3.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com
github.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org

Other advisories for this package

fedora has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-401: Memory Leak) in other software:

CVE-2023-5349 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE CWE-401
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fedora — —
rmagick — 5.3.0

References

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401

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