🛡️ CVE-2023-52339 — libebml

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-190 NVD
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Description

In libebml before 1.4.5, an integer overflow in MemIOCallback.cpp can occur when reading or writing. It may result in buffer overflows.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-52339 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-2023-52339 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libebml (fixed in 1.4.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 January 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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CVE-2023-52339 on other distributions

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-190
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2024-01-12
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libebml 1.4.5

References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/issues/147
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/issues/147

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