Description
libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. This issue is patched in version 2.3.0.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/57JEYTRFG4PVGZZ7HIEFTX5I7OONFFMI/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PGQOMFDBXGM3DOICCXKCUS76OTKTSPMN/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XUS4HTNGGGUIFLYSKTODCRIOXLX5HGV3/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5524
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176128/libcue-2.2.1-Out-Of-Bounds-Access.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.blog/2023-10-09-coordinated-disclosure-1-click-rce-on-gnome-cve-2023-43641/
Exploit x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/lipnitsk/libcue/security/advisories/GHSA-5982-x7hv-r9cj
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/lipnitsk/libcue/commit/cfb98a060fd79dbc3463d85f0f29c3c335dfa0ea
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/lipnitsk/libcue/commit/fdf72c8bded8d24cfa0608b8e97f2eed210a920e
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.8019
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
debian/debian_linux
12.0
fedoraproject/fedora
37
fedoraproject/fedora
38
fedoraproject/fedora
39
lipnitsk/libcue
< 2.3.0
Published
Oct 09, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026