CVE-2023-26314

The mono package before 6.8.0.105+dfsg-3.3 for Debian allows arbitrary code execution because the application/x-ms-dos-executable MIME type is associated with an un-sandboxed Mono CLR interpreter.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/972146	Mailing List Mitigation
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00037.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/41
https://bugs.debian.org/972146	Mailing List Mitigation
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00037.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mono-project:mono:5.18.0.240\+dfsg-3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mono-project:mono:6.8.0.105\+dfsg-3:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-02-22 07:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 05:43

NVD link : CVE-2023-26314

Mitre link : CVE-2023-26314

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-26314

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mono-project

mono

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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