CVE-2023-29935 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An assertion failure in LLVM can cause a denial of service when processing specific operations, affecting developers and users of the compiler infrastructure.

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
Available

What is CVE-2023-29935?

CVE-2023-29935 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 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

llvm-project commit a0138390 was discovered to contain an assertion failure at !replacements.count(op) && "operation was already replaced.

Weakness: CWE-617

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29935?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Llvm Llvm.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29935?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2023-29935 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29935 exists.

Sources

Also known as AZL-26687, AZL-26693, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29935, GHSA-2wrh-j8p9-w4c5, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29935.

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