CVE-2023-23456

Summary

CVECVE-2023-23456
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-12 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:07:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in UPX in PackTmt::pack() in p_tmt.cpp file. The flow allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Upx Project Upx All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: upx-4.0.1-2.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: upx-4.0.1-2.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
p_tmt: more sanity of input, cleanup MemBuffer usage · upx/upx@510505a · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: upx-4.0.1-2.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
2160381 – (CVE-2023-23456) CVE-2023-23456 upx: heap-buffer-overflow in PackTmt::pack() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: upx-4.0.1-2.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
heap-buffer-overflow in PackTmt::pack · Issue #632 · upx/upx · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 283628 Fedora Security Update for upx (FEDORA-2023-89fdc22ace)
  • 283629 Fedora Security Update for upx (FEDORA-2023-8d91390935)
  • 502960 Alpine Linux Security Update for upx
  • 505827 Alpine Linux Security Update for upx

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