CVE-2023-43641

CVSS 3.1 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Oct 9, 2023
Updated: Dec 9, 2023
CWE ID 787

Summary

CVE-2023-43641 is a vulnerability affecting versions 2.2.1 and below of the libcue library. This library, used for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets, is susceptible to out-of-bounds array access. Malicious CUE files can be downloaded from untrusted sources, such as malicious webpages, and saved to the `~/Downloads` folder. When these files are scanned by tracker-miners, which use libcue for parsing, the vulnerability is exploited, resulting in code execution. The issue is resolved in version 2.3.0 of the library.

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Affected Products

  • Debian
  • Fedora Operating System

Affected Vendors

  • Debian
  • Fedora Project