CVE-2023-4233
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the sms_decode_address_field() function during the SMS PDU decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS.
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affected products (9)
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references (8)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255396cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-4233/cnnvd
- https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/recipes-connectivity/ofono/ofono_2.4.bb?h=masterPatchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/oFono-org-two-vulnerabilities-via-SMS-Decoder-43920cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255396enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255396Issue Trackingnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBTPKR3LYTTLROPXF77FL4SPLXVHNC4T/nvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VG6FHQITWUNHBDGPXUQ77SZK5O5BYIBZ/nvd
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