{"cve":"CVE-2023-2602","nvd":{"published":"2023-06-06T20:15:12.760","modified":"2026-06-17T05:52:59.313","status":"Modified","description":"A vulnerability was found in the pthread_create() function in libcap. This issue may allow a malicious actor to use cause __real_pthread_create() to return an error, which can exhaust the process memory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":3.3},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/","https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","libcap_project:libcap","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:24.161619714+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-2602","score":0.00352,"percentile":0.28923,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}