VDB-403386 · CVE-2023-24285 · GCVE-0-2023-24285

Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection prior 20230116.5782e29 buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-24285. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which is triggered when an unusually long move is executed.

The advisory is available at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-24285 since 01/23/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 20230116.5782e29 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Simon Tatham

Name

Portable Puzzle Collection

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

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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CNA Base Score: 2.9
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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Portable Puzzle Collection 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: bugs.debian.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-24285 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24285
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-403386

Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2026 06:44
Changes: 09/14/2026 06:44 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103