CVE-2023-40548
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.4)—
A buffer overflow was found in Shim in the 32-bit system. The overflow happens due to an addition operation involving a user-controlled value parsed from the PE binary being used by Shim. This value is further used for memory allocation operations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw causes memory corruption and can lead to a crash or data integrity issues during the boot phase.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.44%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 36
- 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-190
- CWE-190, 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-2023-40548
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241782
- 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-2023-40548
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241782
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00009.html
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