CVE-2021-32471

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-32471
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-10 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-05-19 18:40:00 UTC
DescriptionInsufficient input validation in the Marvin Minsky 1967 implementation of the Universal Turing Machine allows program users to execute arbitrary code via crafted data. For example, a tape head may have an unexpected location after the processing of input composed of As and Bs (instead of 0s and 1s). NOTE: the discoverer states "this vulnerability has no real-world implications."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Universal Turing Machine - All All All

References

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GitHub - intrinsic-propensity/turing-machine: A Python program implementing and exploiting the Minsky Turing machine considered in the paper "Intrinsic Propensity for Vulnerability in Computers? Arbitrary Code Execution in the Universal Turing Machine" MISC github.com
[2105.02124] Intrinsic Propensity for Vulnerability in Computers? Arbitrary Code Execution in the Universal Turing Machine MISC arxiv.org
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