CVE-2023-24288 Denial of service in Portable Puzzle Collection
Attackers can cause a Denial of Service in Portable Puzzle Collection by creating an excessive number of save states.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-24288?
CVE-2023-24288 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection, published on 14 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue in Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via creating an excessive amount of save states.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24288?
How do I fix CVE-2023-24288?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-24288 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24288 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-24288, GHSA-vcxx-58r4-45w9, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24288.