Common Desktop Environment 1.6 on Solaris libXm ParseColors stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 on Solaris. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ParseColors of the component libXm. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-24039. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 on Solaris. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ParseColors of the component libXm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** 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.

The weakness was released 01/21/2023. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-24039 since 01/21/2023. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28103). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Access: Public
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-24039 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24039
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219121
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2023 13:37
Updated: 10/16/2025 08:38
Changes: 01/21/2023 13:37 (43), 08/02/2024 16:27 (26), 10/16/2025 08:38 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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