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CVE-2023-24285 (GCVE-0-2023-24285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-14 04:10

Summary

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which is triggered when an unusually long move is executed.

Severity

2.9 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE

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

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…
https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=c…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Simon Tatham	Portable Puzzle Collection	Affected: 0 , < 20230116.5782e29 (custom)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2023-24285

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-14 05:16 - Updated: 2026-09-14 05:16

Severity

2.9 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Summary

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which is triggered when an unusually long move is executed.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028986
	cve@mitre.org	https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=commit;h=1aded127eb3fb7194a1752d96bfba95a5b7fa4dc

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-4R8Q-J6H7-R23W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-14 06:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 06:31

Details

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which is triggered when an unusually long move is executed.

Severity

2.9 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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  "id": "GHSA-4r8q-j6h7-r23w",
  "modified": "2026-09-14T06:31:18Z",
  "published": "2026-09-14T06:31:17Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24285"
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      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028986"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GSD-2023-24285

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Aliases

CVE-2023-24285

Aliases

CVE-2023-24285

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      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
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ubuntu-cve-2023-24285

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-04-24 00:00

Modified

2025-10-24 05:01

Summary

Details

[A crafted save file can cause a buffer overrun in the Netslide puzzle]

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24285	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24285	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "sgt-puzzles",
            "binary_version": "20140928.r10274-1"
          }
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "sgt-puzzles",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sgt-puzzles@20140928.r10274-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
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        "20191231.79a5378-2",
        "20191231.79a5378-3"
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-24285 (GCVE-0-2023-24285)

FKIE_CVE-2023-24285

GHSA-4R8Q-J6H7-R23W

GSD-2023-24285

ubuntu-cve-2023-24285

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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