CVE-2023-23457 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in UPX

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
UPXDebian Upx-uclFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Latest updateApr 15

Description

A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() in p_lx_elf.cpp. An attacker with a crafted input file allows invalid memory address access that could lead to a denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDupx/upx< 2022-11-23
▶debiandebian/upx-ucl< upx-ucl 4.2.2-1 (forky)

Also affects: Fedora 36, 37

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qcvq-w335-8gh3: A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() in p_lx_elf↗2023-01-12
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OSV
CVE-2023-23457: A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() in p_lx_elf↗2023-01-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Oracle
Oracle Oracle GoldenGate Risk Matrix: GoldenGate Studio (Enterprise Security API) — CVE-2022-23457↗2023-04-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Third Party Patch (Enterprise Security API) — CVE-2022-23457↗2023-01-15
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Debian
CVE-2023-23457: upx-ucl - A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invert_pt_dynamic() in ...↗2023
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CVE-2023-23457 — UPX vulnerability | cvebase