Description
A flaw was found in the MZ binary format in Shim. An out-of-bounds read may occur, leading to a crash or possible exposure of sensitive data during the system's boot phase.
Published: 2024-01-29
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3813-1 shim security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-45122 A flaw was found in the MZ binary format in Shim. An out-of-bounds read may occur, leading to a crash or possible exposure of sensitive data during the system's boot phase.
History

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus Shim
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T19:53:39.583Z

Reserved: 2023-08-15T20:04:15.616Z

Link: CVE-2023-40551

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:50.616Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T17:15:08.970

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:42.337

Link: CVE-2023-40551

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-01-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-40551 - Bugzilla

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