Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2023· Updated Mar 10, 2025
NetHack Call command buffer overflow
CVE-2023-24809
Description
NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- github.com/NetHack/NetHack/security/advisories/GHSA-2cqv-5w4v-mgchmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- nethack.org/security/CVE-2023-24809.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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