CVE-2023-24809 (GCVE-0-2023-24809)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-17 19:41 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:09
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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Vendor Product Version
NetHack NetHack Affected: >= 3.6.2, < 3.6.7
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