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.
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

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

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-30T06:15:42.326Z

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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