Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-49287

HighPublic PoC

Published: 04 December 2023

Published
04 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0249 85.6th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-49287 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Cxong Tinydir. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 14.4% 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 details

TinyDir is a lightweight C directory and file reader. Buffer overflows in the `tinydir_file_open()` function. This vulnerability has been patched in version 1.2.6.

CWE(s)
CWE-120CWE-121

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

cxong
tinydir
≤ 1.2.6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

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