Partial remote code execution via session messages
Published Jan 22, 2023 · Updated Apr 2, 2025
Code injection in Grand Theft Auto V for PC allows remote attackers to execute code or modify files through GTA Online network sessions. Rockstar has not disclosed the flawed code locus; the available evidence ties the issue to handling of network-session and player-to-player message data. The player must participate in GTA Online, where a malicious peer can alter account state, modify local files, or crash the game process.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Grand Theft Auto V for PC allows remote attackers to execute code or modify files through GTA Online network sessions. Rockstar has not disclosed the flawed code locus; the available evidence ties the issue to handling of network-session and player-to-player message data. The player must participate in GTA Online, where a malicious peer can alter account state, modify local files, or crash the game process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-24059
- Published
- Jan 22, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Reported exploitation
- January 2023 in-the-wild exploitationreported exploitation
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