Stack-based buffer overflow in oFono - CVE-2024-7547

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in oFono - CVE-2024-7547

Published: August 6, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95393
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7547
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in SMS Decoder within the parsing of SMS PDUs. A local user can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

oFono
Ubuntu
Fedora
ofono (Ubuntu package)
ofono

How to mitigate CVE-2024-7547

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

ofono (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm3, 1.21-1ubuntu1+esm3, 1.31-2ubuntu1+esm3, 1.31-3ubuntu1.2+esm1, 1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.2+esm1
ofono - addressed in versions 2.14-1.fc40, 2.14-1.fc41

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