Medium severity · published Jun 1, 2023
CVE-2023-22652
A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf leads to DoS via malformed config files.
This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libeconf · Opensuse
before 0.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22652
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22652
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-22652
Broken Link
https://https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/177
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SDD5GL5T3V5XZ3VFA4HPE6YGJ2K4HHPC/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SMG5256D5I3GFA3RBAJQ2WYPJDYAIL74/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAYW7X753Z6GOJKVLQPXBDHISN6ZT233/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00016.html
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