Service interruption via crafted-file memory retention
Published May 23, 2023 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Memory leak in CConsole::Chain in Teeworlds 0.7.5 allows remote attackers to interrupt the application by opening a crafted file. The component retains memory while processing the file, but public references do not identify the allocation, ownership error, or missing release path. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation consumes available memory until the affected process is interrupted.
Summary
What happened
Memory leak in CConsole::Chain in Teeworlds 0.7.5 allows remote attackers to interrupt the application by opening a crafted file. The component retains memory while processing the file, but public references do not identify the allocation, ownership error, or missing release path. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation consumes available memory until the affected process is interrupted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-31517
- Published
- May 23, 2023
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-401, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 23, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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