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CVE-2023-40294 — libboron in Boron 2

libboron in Boron 2.0.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in ur_parseBlockI at i_parse_blk.c.

CVSS

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EPSS

2.47% (top 14.90%)

CWE

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Published

2023-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Last modified

2024-10-09T15:48:42.278Z

CVSS vector

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01What is this vulnerability?

libboron in Boron 2.0.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in ur_parseBlockI at i_parse_blk.c.

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Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
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For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

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