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CVE-2023-4234

Ofono: sms decoder stack-based buffer overflow remote code execution vulnerability within the decode_submit_report() function

Published: Apr 17, 2024Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
8.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 36.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the decode_submit_report() function during the SMS decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. There is a bound check for this memcpy length in decode_submit(), but it was forgotten in decode_submit_report().

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

ofono project
oss-project
ofonoEmbedded
Communications / voip-telephony
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
oFonoLibrary
ICS / OT / IoT
ООО "Открытая мобильная платформа"
commercial·RU
ОС АврораOn-prem
Operating Systems / mobile-os
Fedora
oss-projectaka fedora linux
FedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255399
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBTPKR3LYTTLROPXF77FL4SPLXVHNC4T/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VG6FHQITWUNHBDGPXUQ77SZK5O5BYIBZ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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