CVE-2023-52168 Affecting p7zip-plugins package, versions <0:16.02-20.amzn2023.0.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-P7ZIPPLUGINS-7710488
  • published20 Aug 2024
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2023-52168  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 p7zip-plugins to version 0:16.02-20.amzn2023.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-705.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream p7zip-plugins package and not the p7zip-plugins package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

The NtfsHandler.cpp NTFS handler in 7-Zip before 24.01 (for 7zz) contains a heap-based buffer overflow that allows an attacker to overwrite two bytes at multiple offsets beyond the allocated buffer size: buffer+512*i-2, for i=9, i=10, i=11, etc.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1