CVE-2023-24809

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2cqv-5w4v-mgch	Vendor Advisory
https://nethack.org/security/CVE-2023-24809.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-02-17 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:51

NVD link : CVE-2023-24809

Mitre link : CVE-2023-24809

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-24809

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nethack

nethack

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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