CVE-2023-24291
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow...
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
2.9
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
- Record
CVE-2023-24291- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-60647
2.9
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2023-60647- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g5qp-q3w2-h33h
2.9
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow...
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
- Record
GHSA-g5qp-q3w2-h33h- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
2.9
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
- Record
CVE-2023-24291- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-24291
2.9
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-24291- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-24291
2.9
Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24291- CVSS 3.1
- 2.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sgt-puzzlesDebian:12 |
before 20230122.806ae71-1 | 20230122.806ae71-1 |
sgt-puzzlesDebian:13 |
before 20230122.806ae71-1 | 20230122.806ae71-1 |
sgt-puzzlesDebian:14 |
before 20230122.806ae71-1 | 20230122.806ae71-1 |
sgt-puzzlesUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20140928.r10274-1 |
None known |
sgt-puzzlesUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20170606.272beef-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
sgt-puzzlesUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20170606.272beef-1ubuntu120191231.79a5378-220191231.79a5378-3 |
None known |
sgt-puzzlesUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20191231.79a5378-320191231.79a5378-6 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-24291 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.9) in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection, published September 14, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. Fixed in sgt-puzzles 20230122.806ae71-1.
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028986
git.tartarus.org?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=commit;h=e5717d1ba2184eb6e38b4e2a9d29dc4704aeef30
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24291
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5qp-q3w2-h33h
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-24291
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24291
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24291