oFono SMS Decoder stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in oFono. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMS Decoder. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-4232. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in oFono (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component SMS Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the decode_status_report() function during the SMS decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. There is a bound check for this memcpy length in decode_submit(), but it was forgotten in decode_status_report().

The weakness was released 12/21/2023 as ZDI-23-1860. It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-4232 since 08/08/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212663 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : oFono vulnerabilities (USN-7151-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212663). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.7
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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212663
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : oFono vulnerabilities (USN-7151-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/08/2023 🔍
12/21/2023 +135 days 🔍
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08/06/2025 +594 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ZDI-23-1860
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-4232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-4232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-248651

Entryinfo

Created: 12/21/2023 07:59
Updated: 08/06/2025 21:43
Changes: 12/21/2023 07:59 (37), 12/12/2024 10:00 (17), 08/06/2025 21:43 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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