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Advisory details: pysec / PYSEC-2024-93
Advisory ID pysec/PYSEC-2024-93
Aliases CVE-2024-8946
GHSA-74qm-4v7r-jw2f
PYSEC-2024-91
PYSEC-2024-95
PYSEC-2024-96
Summary A vulnerability was found in MicroPython 1.23.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function mp_vfs_umount of the file extmod/vfs.c of the component VFS Unmount Handler. 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. The name of the patch is 29943546343c92334e8518695a11fc0e2ceea68b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. In the VFS unmount process, the comparison between the mounted path string and the unmount requested string is based solely on the length of the unmount string, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow read.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.8
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://osv-vulnerabilities.storage.googleapis.com/PyPI/all.zip
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-17T20:13:35Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8946.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2024-8946

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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]