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High · 8.8 CVE-2023-43641 EUVD-2023-48041

libcue vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access

Published Oct 9, 2023 · Updated Dec 16, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. This issue is patched in version 2.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
lipnitsk libcue <= 2.2.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libcue 2.2.1-4.1 —
Debian 13 libcue 2.2.1-4.1 —
Debian 12 libcue 2.2.1-4+deb12u1 DSA-5524-1
Debian 11 libcue 2.2.1-3+deb11u1 DSA-5524-1
Debian 10 libcue 2.2.1-2+deb10u1 DLA-3615-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libcue 2.2.1-4ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libcue 2.2.1-3ubuntu0.1 USN-6423-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libcue 2.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 USN-6423-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libcue No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libcue No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SLES 15 SP4 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SLES 15 SP3 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SLES 15 SP2 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 libcue 2.1.0-150000.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4090-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 libcue 2.2.1-r2 —
Alpine v3.23 libcue 2.2.1-r2 —
Alpine v3.22 libcue 2.2.1-r2 —
Alpine v3.21 libcue 2.2.1-r2 —
Alpine v3.20 libcue 2.2.1-r2 —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 libcue 2.2.1-r2 —
Alpine v3.18 libcue 2.2.1-r0 —

Advisories 5

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