CVE-2023-24180

Exp

Libelfin v0.3 was discovered to contain an integer overflow in the load function at elf/mmap_loader.cc. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted elf file.

Published: 2023-03-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-24180 is rated Exploit Available (56.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-24180

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-24180

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-03 0.39% 0.23% -0.16%
2 2026-03-18 0.47% 0.39% -0.09%
3 2026-03-15 0.47%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-24180

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-24180

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-24180

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-24180 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libelfin), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-24180
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-24180 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libelfin), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 7, needs-triage 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24180

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-24180

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libelfin_project libelfin 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:libelfin_project:libelfin:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-24180

URL Tags
https://github.com/aclements/libelfin/issues/75 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence