Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection record length parameter buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument record length parameter results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-24291. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument record length parameter 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. The summary by CVE is:

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

The advisory is shared at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-24291 since 01/23/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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-2023-60647). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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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: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-24291 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24291
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-403389
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2026 06:46
Updated: 09/14/2026 09:49
Changes: 09/14/2026 06:46 (60), 09/14/2026 09:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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