medium6.2
CVE-2023-40549
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in Shim due to the lack of proper boundary verification during the load of a PE binary.
Impact
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in Shim due to the lack of proper boundary verification during the load of a PE binary. This flaw allows an attacker to load a crafted PE binary, triggering the issue and crashing Shim, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Shim | before 15.8 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 39 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40549
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241797
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40549
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241797
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00009.html