CVE-2023-24809

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.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-02-17 12:15

Updated : 2023-02-28 11:25


NVD link : CVE-2023-24809

Mitre link : CVE-2023-24809


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CWE
CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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Products Affected

nethack

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