7.5

CVE-2023-51787: windriver vxworks

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 15-02-2024Last modified 18-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-51787 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in windriver vxworks. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-02-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.49% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Windriver1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links