Vulnerability CVE-2023-40549


Published: 2024-01-29

Description:
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in Shim due to the lack of proper boundary verification during the load of a PE binary. This flaw allows an attacker to load a crafted PE binary, triggering the issue and crashing Shim, resulting in a denial of service.

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40549
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241797

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