CVE-2023-40549

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40549
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40549.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40549
Downstream
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Published
2024-01-29T17:15:08Z
Modified
2025-10-16T05:53:51.583953Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/rhboot/shim

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rhboot/shim
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
5914984a1ffeab841f482c791426d7ca9935a5e6

Affected versions

0.*

0.3
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.9

Other

11
12
13
14
15

15.*

15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.5-rc2
15.6
15.6-rc2
15.7

shim-15.*

shim-15.3-rc1
shim-15.3-rc2
shim-15.3-rc3
shim-15.3-rc4