Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-34151

Memory Safety in Fedoraproject Fedora 37 … 38

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
30 May 2023
Modified
02 December 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.010 60th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-34151 is a medium-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 40% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. This security flaw ouccers as an undefined behaviors of casting double to size_t in svg, mvg and other coders (recurring bugs of CVE-2022-32546).

CWE(s)
CWE-190

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-2603Same product: Debian Debian Linux
CVE-2023-1289Same product: Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux
CVE-2023-5341Same product: Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux
CVE-2023-5849Same product: Debian Debian Linux
CVE-2023-2136Same product: Debian Debian Linux
CVE-2023-33204Same product: Debian Debian Linux
CVE-2023-41175Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2026-4775Same product: Debian Debian Linux
CVE-2023-34152Same product: Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux
CVE-2023-40745Same product: Fedoraproject Fedora

Affected Assets

imagemagick
imagemagick
≤ 7.1.1-11
fedoraproject
extra packages for enterprise linux
8.0
fedoraproject
fedora
37, 38
redhat
enterprise linux
6.0, 7.0
debian
debian linux
10.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect integer overflows before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer overflows.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
degrades

Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid overflow conditions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
degrades

Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe integer operations and mandate overflow-safe constructs.

References