CVE-2023-40548
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.4 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jan 29, 2024
Updated: Jun 10, 2024
CWE ID 190
CWE ID 787
Summary
CVE-2023-40548: A critical buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the Shim component of 32-bit systems. This issue arises due to an addition operation involving a user-controlled value in a PE binary, which is subsequently used for memory allocation within Shim. The result is a heap-based buffer overflow that can trigger memory corruption, potentially leading to a system crash or data integrity breaches during the boot phase.
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Affected Products
- Fedora Operating System
Affected Vendors
- Fedora Project
- Red Hat
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