PT-2023-25934 · Hnswlib · Hnswlib

D4Rkd0Go · Published 2023-06-30 · Updated 2023-07-07 · CVE-2023-37365

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hnswlib version 0.7.0

Description The issue is related to a double free in the init index function when the M argument is a large integer. This occurs in the Hnswlib library.

Recommendations For Hnswlib version 0.7.0, consider restricting the use of the init index function with large M argument values until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using large integers for the M argument in the init index function to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Double Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-415

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-37365

GHSA-XWC8-RF6M-XR86

Affected Products

Hnswlib

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/nmslib/hnswlib/issues/467 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37365 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xwc8-rf6m-xr86 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37365 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-37365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-37365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/nmslib/hnswlib/pull/484 · Note
• https://github.com/nmslib/hnswlib/commit/f6d170ce0b41f9e75ace473b09df6e7872590757 · Note
• https://github.com/nmslib/hnswlib · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/65822 · Telegram Post