Remote code execution via chunk-length misvalidation
Published Jun 2, 2023 · Updated Jan 8, 2025
Heap buffer overflow in ReadyMedia 1.1.15 through 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute code via a chunked HTTP request. In ParseHttpHeaders(), operator precedence stores the Boolean result of the chunk-size comparison as req_chunklen, allowing oversized values to pass validation and later reach memmove() as an unchecked length. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation runs code with the privileges of the minidlna service account.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in ReadyMedia 1.1.15 through 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute code via a chunked HTTP request. In ParseHttpHeaders(), operator precedence stores the Boolean result of the chunk-size comparison as req_chunklen, allowing oversized values to pass validation and later reach memmove() as an unchecked length. No authentication or user interaction is required; successful exploitation runs code with the privileges of the minidlna service account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-33476
- Published
- Jun 2, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 2, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- x86-64 tcache-poisoning and GOT-overwrite RCE exploitweaponized · demonstrated
- ARM32 tcache-poisoning and return-address RCE exploitweaponized · demonstrated
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