CVE-2023-20768

Summary

CVE-2023-20768 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting the ion library. This issue involves a potential out-of-bounds read caused by type confusion. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in local privilege escalation, granting the attacker System execution privileges. Importantly, user interaction is not required for exploitation, making it particularly dangerous. A patch with ID ALPS07560720 is available to address this issue. Additionally, it's important to note that issue ID ALPS07559800 has been assigned to this vulnerability.

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