CVE-2023-24809

Summary

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
NetHackNetHack>= 3.6.2, < 3.6.7affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-120: CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References