CVE-2023-43641CWE-787

libcue vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access

High · published October 9, 2023

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
17%
Percentile
97.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. This issue is patched in version 2.3.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.17185 · 97.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2023-10-09T21:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 OCT 21:01Z
    libcue vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access
    cvelistv5