CVE-2023-24039 — A stack-based buffer overflow in ParseColors in libXm in Common Desktop Environm
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
Published
2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-02T15:55:36.400Z
01What is this vulnerability?
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.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-04-02T15:55:36.400Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txt
- github.com — https://github.com/0xdea/exploits/blob/master/solaris/raptor_dtprintlibXmas.c
- security.humanativaspa.it — https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun/
- seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/24
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