CVE-2023-29725 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can inject malicious data to force the app to load harmful URLs and crash via Out-of-Memory errors, causing persistent denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-29725?
CVE-2023-29725 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The BT21 x BTS Wallpaper app 12 for Android allows unauthorized applications to actively request permission to insert data into the database that records information about a user's personal preferences and will be loaded into memory to be read and used when the application is opened. By injecting data, the attacker can force the application to load malicious image URLs and display them in the UI. As the amount of data increases, it will eventually cause the application to trigger an OOM error and crash, resulting in a persistent denial of service attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29725?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bt21 X Bts Wallpaper Project Bt21 X Bts Wallpaper.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29725?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29725 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-2023-29725 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29725 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3jh-fph2-4c89.