CVE-2023-40547
HIGHShim <15.8 - Remote Code Execution via HTTP Boot Response Parsing
Title source: manualDescription
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. This flaw is only exploitable during the early boot phase, an attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle or compromise the boot server to be able to exploit this vulnerability successfully.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40547
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234589
Scores
CVSS v3
8.3
EPSS
0.0489
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-346
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (4)
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
redhat/shim
< 15.8
Published
Jan 25, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026