CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-40968

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.82%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-2023-40968 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in version 1.5.1 and earlier of the hzeller timg library, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to disrupt service, potentially leading to downtime and loss of system availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the hzeller timg library to version 1.5.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in hzeller timg v.1.5.1 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the 0x61200000045c address.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS