🛡️ CVE-2023-29144 — malwarebytes

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-29144 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

CVE-2023-29144 is recorded against 1 package.

• malwarebytes

Timeline and source

Published on 12 December 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

malwarebytes has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-50971 (7.8 High, published 19 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-29147 (5.5 Medium, published 30 Jun 2023)
• CVE-2023-29145 (7.8 High, published 30 Jun 2023)
• CVE-2023-26088 (7.8 High, published 23 Mar 2023)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound) in other software:

• CVE-2023-25662 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36015 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25667 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23575 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23567 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12864 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12863 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000450 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)

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