Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-45929
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity buffer overflow in the slang2 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
S-Lang 2.3.2 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the function fixup_tgetstr().
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | slang2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Debian:13 | slang2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Debian:14 | slang2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | slang2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | slang2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | slang2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | slang2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45929 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | slang2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45929 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H