Vulnerability CVE-2023-7158

Vulnerability CVE-2023-7158

Published: 2023-12-29

Description:

A vulnerability was found in MicroPython up to 1.21.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function slice_indices of the file objslice.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.22.0 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-249180.

References:

https://vuldb.com/?id.249180

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249180

https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/13007

https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/13039

https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/13039/commits/f397a3ec318f3ad05aa287764ae7cef32202380f

https://github.com/micropython/micropython/releases/tag/v1.22.0

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