UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23457

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23457
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23457.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23457
Upstream
Published
2023-01-12T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:08Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A Segmentation fault was found in UPX in PackLinuxElf64::invertptdynamic() in plxelf.cpp. An attacker with a crafted input file allows invalid memory address access that could lead to a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@3.96-3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.96-2
3.96-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.96-3",
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@4.2.2-3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.96-3

4.*

4.2.2-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-3",
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@4.2.4-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.2-3
4.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.2.4-1",
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@3.91-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.91-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.91-1",
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@3.94-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.94-2
3.94-3
3.94-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.94-4",
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

upx-ucl

Package

Name
upx-ucl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/upx-ucl@3.95-2build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.95-2
3.95-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.95-2build1",
            "binary_name": "upx-ucl"
        }
    ]
}