Code execution via unchecked long path copies
Published Dec 4, 2023 · Updated May 29, 2025
Stack buffer overflows in cxong TinyDir before 1.2.6 allow local users to corrupt memory through crafted long file paths. tinydir_file_open copies a full POSIX path into a 256-character stack filename buffer; Windows branches use an unchecked split and concatenate filename and extension buffers. Exploitation requires an embedding application to pass an attacker-controlled long path across a security boundary; effects range from a crash to arbitrary code execution in that application context.
Summary
What happened
Stack buffer overflows in cxong TinyDir before 1.2.6 allow local users to corrupt memory through crafted long file paths. tinydir_file_open copies a full POSIX path into a 256-character stack filename buffer; Windows branches use an unchecked split and concatenate filename and extension buffers. Exploitation requires an embedding application to pass an attacker-controlled long path across a security boundary; effects range from a crash to arbitrary code execution in that application context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-49287
- Published
- Dec 4, 2023
- Updated
- May 29, 2025
- Vendor
- cxong
- Product
- TinyDir
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-120
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.2.6
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Public exploit references
- TinyDir long-path AddressSanitizer proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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