CVE-2023-40547
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.3)—
A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a specific malicious HTTP request, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive and complete system compromise. This flaw is only exploitable during the early boot phase, an attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle or compromise the boot server to be able to exploit this vulnerability successfully.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.42%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 92
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-787
- CWE-346, CWE-787
Referencias
- 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-2023-40547
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234589
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/26/1
- 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-2023-40547
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234589
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00009.html
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