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CVE-2023-24809

CVE-2023-24809 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 0.05% · 16.0th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.05%
16.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
NetHackNetHack>= 3.6.2, < 3.6.7, *
nethacknethack3.6.2, 3.6.2

Timeline

  • Feb 17, 2023 CVE Published
  • Feb 18, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 30, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 8, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jun 17, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jul 26, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2023 EPSS Score
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  • Nov 22, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Dec 31, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Feb 9, 2024 EPSS Score
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