rhboot shim denial of service | CVE-2023-40549

NAME
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rhboot shim denial of service

Platforms Affected:
rhboot shim 15.7

Risk Level:
6.2

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Denial of Service

DESCRIPTION
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rhboot shim is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read flaw in the verify_buffer_authenticode() function in shim.c. By providing a specially crafted PE file, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local


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