Upstream information

CVE-2023-4233 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the sms_decode_address_field() function during the SMS PDU decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS.

Upstream Security Advisories:

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (Fedora Project)
Base Score 8.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1218294 [NEW]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Dec 20 17:00:28 2023
CVE page last modified: Sat Aug 9 16:02:19 2025