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Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-37378

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the nsis package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.09 mishandles access control for an uninstaller directory.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12nsis3.08-3+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378
Debian:13nsis3.09-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378
Debian:14nsis3.09-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-37378
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnsisno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSnsisno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378
Ubuntu:25.10nsisno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSnsisno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378
Ubuntu:26.10nsisno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References