Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-24283. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted save file.

The advisory is shared for download at git.tartarus.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-24283 since 01/23/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch 20230116.5782e29 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.1

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Patch: 20230116.5782e29

Timelineinfo

01/23/2023 CVE reserved
09/14/2026 +1329 days Advisory disclosed
09/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: git.tartarus.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-24283 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24283
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-403384

Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2026 06:13
Changes: 09/14/2026 06:13 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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