UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43641

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43641

    Published: 9 Oct 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-43641

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-43641, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6423-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6423-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43641

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libcue

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.4.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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