CVE-2023-24809CWE-120

NetHack Call command buffer overflow

Medium · published February 17, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00235 · 13.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Published
2023-02-17T19:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 FEB 19:41Z
    NetHack Call command buffer overflow
    cvelistv5