CVEPublished 2024-01-25Modified 2026-06-261 article on news6 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2023-40547Redhat · Shim

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
8.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
91
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 9% of all CVEs
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.

Timeline
Published 2024-01-25
Modified 2026-06-26

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