VDB-403387 · CVE-2023-24286 · EUVD-2023-60644

Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection game description buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument game description causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-24286. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument game description 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. The summary by CVE is:

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the game description parameter.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.tartarus.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-24286 since 01/23/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-60644). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Simon Tatham

Name

Portable Puzzle Collection

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

VulDB Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Temp Score: 2.7
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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: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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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-2023-24286 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-403387
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2026 06:45
Updated: 09/14/2026 09:49
Changes: 09/14/2026 06:45 (64), 09/14/2026 09:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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