vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7438-1 (CVE-2023-52168): 7-Zip vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 3, 2024 | Apr 16, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 3, 2024
Added
Apr 16, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The NtfsHandler.cpp NTFS handler in 7-Zip before 24.01 (for 7zz) contains a heap-based buffer overflow that allows an attacker to overwrite two bytes at multiple offsets beyond the allocated buffer size: buffer+512*i-2, for i=9, i=10, i=11, etc.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-7zipubuntu-pro-upgrade-7zip-standalone
References
- CVE-2023-52168
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-52168
- CWE-122
- EUVD-EUVD-2023-56841
- UBUNTU-USN-7438-1
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-56841
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2402/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7438-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52168
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/10
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