Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-40551 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
HIGH
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
redhat
fedoraproject
CWE-125
NVD
Published: 2024-01-29
Updated: 2024-09-16

Summary

A flaw was found in the MZ binary format in Shim. An out-of-bounds read may occur, leading to a crash or possible exposure of sensitive data during the system's boot phase.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Redhat
38
OS
Redhat
2
OS
Fedoraproject
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overread Buffers
    An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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