High severity · published Jan 29, 2024
CVE-2023-40548
A buffer overflow was found in Shim in the 32-bit system
7.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A buffer overflow was found in Shim in the 32-bit system. The overflow happens due to an addition operation involving a user-controlled value parsed from the PE binary being used by Shim. This value is further used for memory allocation operations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw causes memory corruption and can lead to a crash or data integrity issues during the boot phase.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
SH
Shim · Redhat
before 15.8; 15.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40548
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40548
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
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