CVE-2023-27469 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service and arbitrary file deletion in Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit via a malformed ALPC message lacking a null terminator.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-27469?

CVE-2023-27469 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit 4.4.0.220 is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion and denial of service via an ALPC message in which FullFileNamePath lacks a '\0' character.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27469?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27469?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2023-27469 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27469 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x3q7-hmmp-xprv.

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