libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. This issue is patched in version 2.3.0.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade libcue | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libcue | Oct 13, 2023 | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libcue | Oct 16, 2023 | Oct 14, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-libs/libcue. | Oct 11, 2023 | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcue-develUpgrade libcue2 | Oct 18, 2023 | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcue2 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 9, 2023 |
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