CVE-2023-23456
Upx: heap-buffer-overflow in packtmt::pack()
02 Description
Upx: heap-buffer-overflow in packtmt::pack()
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-01-12 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-12-11 19:02Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- fedora
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8524d04b05c62d70bbfa173d85de32e99314ef423a21279109c48cb261176dbc
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160381
- github.comhttps://github.com/upx/upx/commit/510505a85cbe45e51fbd470f1aa8b02157c429d4
- github.comhttps://github.com/upx/upx/issues/632
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-8d91390935https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EL3BVKIGG3SH6I3KPOYQAWCBD4UMPOPI/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-89fdc22acehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGEP3FBNRZXGLIA2B2ICMB32JVMPREFZ/
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00013.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- upx-ucl Fixed in 4.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- upx-ucl Fixed in 4.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.