Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted save file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 20230116.5782e29

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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028986 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=commit;h=c84af670b52f09e9e47587584c0559c508d4a37d cve-icon cve-icon
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:15:00 +0000

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Description Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted save file.
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T04:00:21.426Z

Reserved: 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24283

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T04:16:35.440

Modified: 2026-09-14T04:16:35.440

Link: CVE-2023-24283

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