CVE-2023-23456 (GCVE-0-2023-23456)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-12 00:00
Modified
2024-12-11 19:02
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in UPX in PackTmt::pack() in p_tmt.cpp file. The flow allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted file.
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