CVE-2023-24039
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jan 21, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 21, 2023
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in ParseColors in libXm in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 can be exploited by local low-privileged users via the dtprintinfo setuid binary to escalate their privileges to root on Solaris 10 systems. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txt
- https://github.com/0xdea/exploits/blob/master/solaris/raptor_dtprintlibXmas.c
- https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun/
- 20230123 Re: HNS-2022-01 - HN Security Advisory - Multiple vulnerabilities in Solaris dtprintinfo and libXm/libXpmmailing-list
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