CVE-2023-40547

Public on 2024-01-24
Modified on 2024-01-30
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a specific malicious HTTP request, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive and complete system compromise.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core shim 2024-02-29 ALAS2-2024-2484 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H