Vulnerabilityhigh
GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641)
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-43641 | libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets | 8.8 | 17% | PoC ×2 |
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If you’re running GNOME on you Linux system(s), you are probably open to remote code execution attacks via a booby-trapped file, thanks to a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) in the libcue library. Discovered by GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse, CVE-2023-43641 affects the libcue library, which is used for parsing cue sheets (files) that contain the layout of tracks on a CD.
By @zeljkazorz · helpnetsecurity.com
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