MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft

CVE-2023-24056

In pkgconf through 1.9.3 variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example a .pc file containing a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes.

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Jan: In pkgconf through 1.9.3 variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example a .pc file containing a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes.

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Published: 2023-01-10 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-04
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2023-01-10 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 pkgconf 1.8.0-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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