CVE-2023-40549

shim: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in Shim due to the lack of properboundary verification during the load of a PE b...

CVE-2023-40549 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by shim 15.8-0ubuntu1, released January 22, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.2
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0041
35th percentile

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in Shim due to the lack of properboundary verification during the load of a PE binary. This flaw allows anattacker to load a crafted PE binary, triggering the issue and crashingShim, resulting in a denial of service.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
shim · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 15.8-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40549 Jan 29, 2024
shim · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 15.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40549 Jan 29, 2024
shim · Debian 14 15.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40549 Jan 29, 2024
shim · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 15.8-0ubuntu1 shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2024
shim · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 15.8-0ubuntu1 shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2024
shim · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 15.8-0ubuntu1 shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2024
shim · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 15.8-0ubuntu1 shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 23, 2024
shim · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 15.8-0ubuntu1 shim 15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 23, 2024
shim-aa64 · RHEL 8 0:15.8-4.el8_9 RHSA-2024:1902 Apr 18, 2024
shim-aa64 · RHEL 9 0:15.8-4.el9_3 RHSA-2024:1903 Apr 18, 2024
shim-aa64 · almalinux 8 15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1 ALSA-2024:1902 Apr 18, 2024
shim-aa64 · almalinux 9 15.8-4.el9_3.alma.1 ALSA-2024:1903 Apr 18, 2024
shim-aa64 · ol 8 0:15.8-4.0.1.el8 ELSA-2024-1902 Apr 25, 2024
shim-aa64 · ol 9 0:15.8-1.0.3.el9 ELSA-2024-1903 Apr 22, 2024
shim-ia32 · RHEL 8 0:15.8-4.el8_9 RHSA-2024:1902 Apr 18, 2024
shim-ia32 · almalinux 8 15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1 ALSA-2024:1902 Apr 18, 2024
shim-ia32 · ol 8 0:15.8-4.0.1.el8 ELSA-2024-1902 Apr 25, 2024
shim-signed · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.40.10+15.8-0ubuntu1 shim-signed 1.40.10+15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2024
shim-signed · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.51.4+15.8-0ubuntu1 shim-signed 1.51.4+15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2024
shim-signed · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 shim-signed 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 22, 2024
shim-signed · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 shim-signed 1.58+15.8-0ubuntu1 Jan 23, 2024
shim-signed · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 1.58 shim-signed 1.58 Jan 23, 2024
shim-x64 · RHEL 8 0:15.8-4.el8_9 RHSA-2024:1902 Apr 18, 2024
shim-x64 · RHEL 9 0:15.8-4.el9_3 RHSA-2024:1903 Apr 18, 2024
shim-x64 · almalinux 8 15.8-4.el8_9.alma.1 ALSA-2024:1902 Apr 18, 2024
shim-x64 · almalinux 9 15.8-4.el9_3.alma.1 ALSA-2024:1903 Apr 18, 2024
shim-x64 · ol 8 0:15.8-4.0.1.el8 ELSA-2024-1902 Apr 25, 2024
shim-x64 · ol 9 0:15.8-1.0.3.el9 ELSA-2024-1903 Apr 22, 2024

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