CVE-2023-42799
CVSS 3.1 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Dec 14, 2023
Updated: Dec 20, 2023
CWE ID 120
Summary
CVE-2023-42799 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Moonlight-common-c, a core component of the Moonlight game streaming software. Committing in 2023, the vulnerable code (50c0a51b10ecc5b3415ea78c21d96d679e2288f9) contains unmitigated usage of unsafe C functions and insufficient bounds checking. A malicious game streaming server can exploit this flaw to induce crashes or execute arbitrary code on the client, potentially leading to remote code execution. The issue was resolved in a later commit (02b7742f4d19631024bd766bd2bb76715780004e).
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