CVE-2023-29748 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can crash the Android app persistently by injecting excessive data into SharedPreference files via an exposed component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-29748?
CVE-2023-29748 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Story Saver for Instragram - Video Downloader 1.0.6 for Android has an exposed component that provides a method to modify the SharedPreference file. An attacker can leverage this method to inject a large amount of data into any SharedPreference file, which will be loaded into memory when the application is opened. When an attacker injects too much data, the application will trigger an OOM error and crash at startup, resulting in a persistent denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29748?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Story Saver for Instagram - Video Downloader Project Story Saver for Instagram - Video Downloader.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29748?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29748 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-2023-29748 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29748 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fqwp-fg4q-6w25.