7.4
HIGH
CVE-2023-40548
"Microsoft Shim Heap-Based Buffer Overflow"
Description

A buffer overflow was found in Shim in the 32-bit system. The overflow happens due to an addition operation involving a user-controlled value parsed from the PE binary being used by Shim. This value is further used for memory allocation operations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw causes memory corruption and can lead to a crash or data integrity issues during the boot phase.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 29, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 1, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.4
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-40548 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat shim
1 Fedoraproject fedora

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-40548 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00009.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00009.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-787
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:shim:15.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:shim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 15.8 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:shim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.8 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:shim:15.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-190
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-122
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 06, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40548 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40548 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241782 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241782 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CWE NIST CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:shim:15.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:shim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 15.8
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A buffer overflow was found in Shim in the 32-bit system. The overflow happens due to an addition operation involving a user-controlled value parsed from the PE binary being used by Shim. This value is further used for memory allocation operations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw causes memory corruption and can lead to a crash or data integrity issues during the boot phase.
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40548 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241782 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-122
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.26927

percentile

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