CVE-2023-51787

An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 7 22.09 and 23.03. If a VxWorks task or POSIX thread that uses OpenSSL exits, limited per-task memory is not freed, resulting in a memory leak.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-51787	Vendor Advisory
https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-51787	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:22.09::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:23.03::::::

History

13 Jan 2026, 15:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:23.03:::::: cpe:2.3:o:windriver:vxworks:7:22.09::::::
First Time		Windriver Windriver vxworks
References	~~() https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-51787 -~~	() https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-51787 - Vendor Advisory

18 Mar 2025, 15:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-200

21 Nov 2024, 08:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-51787 -~~	() https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2023-51787 -

01 Aug 2024, 13:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5

15 Feb 2024, 06:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-02-15 06:15

Updated : 2026-01-13 15:26

NVD link : CVE-2023-51787

Mitre link : CVE-2023-51787

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-51787

JSON object : View

Products Affected

windriver

vxworks

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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