CVE-2023-40547

HIGH

Shim <15.8 - Remote Code Execution via HTTP Boot Response Parsing

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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. 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 x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1883
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1902
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1903
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1959
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2086
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40547
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234589
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1834
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1835
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1873
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1876

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0489
EPSS Percentile 91.2%
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 (19)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 0:15.8-1.el7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 0:15.8-3.el7
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:15.8-4.el8_9
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support 0:15.8-2.el8_2
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service 0:15.8-2.el8_2
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:15.8-2.el8_2
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:15.8-2.el8_4
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service 0:15.8-2.el8_4
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:15.8-2.el8_4
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support 0:15.8-2.el8_6
... and 9 more
Published Jan 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026