Vulnerability · Published May 23, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-31518
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free in the teeworlds package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A heap use-after-free in the component CDataFileReader::GetItem of teeworlds v0.7.5 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted map file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | teeworlds | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Debian:13 | teeworlds | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Debian:14 | teeworlds | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | teeworlds | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | teeworlds | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | teeworlds | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | teeworlds | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31518 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | teeworlds | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31518 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H