CVE-2023-52168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The NtfsHandler.cpp NTFS handler in 7-Zip before 24.01 (for 7zz) contains a heap-based buffer overflow that allows an attacker to overwrite two bytes at multiple offsets beyond the allocated buffer size: buffer+512*i-2, for i=9, i=10, i=11, etc.

Published: 2024-07-03

Score: 8.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-7438-1	7-Zip vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00075.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/10
https://dfir.ru/2024/06/19/vulnerabilities-in-7-zip-and-ntfs3/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0011/
https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2402/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/10

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		7-zip 7-zip 7zip
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip::::::::
Vendors & Products		7-zip 7-zip 7zip
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0011/

Subscriptions

7-zip 7zip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:50:20.788Z

Reserved: 2023-12-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-52168

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:50:20.788Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-03T18:15:04.597

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:31.347

Link: CVE-2023-52168

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-122

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