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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

28 Feb 2023, 19:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-120
References (MISC) https://nethack.org/security/CVE-2023-24809.html - (MISC) https://nethack.org/security/CVE-2023-24809.html - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2cqv-5w4v-mgch - (MISC) https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2cqv-5w4v-mgch - Vendor Advisory

21 Feb 2023, 14:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-02-17 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 23:14


NVD link : CVE-2023-24809

Mitre link : CVE-2023-24809

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-24809


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Products Affected

nethack

  • nethack
CWE
CWE-120

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