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CVE-2023-24056

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2023-01-22 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Pkgconf Pkgconf

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other, CWE-787

References