CVE-2023-24288

Severity: low (CVSS 2.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-14 · updated 2026-09-22
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An issue in Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via creating an excessive amount of save states.

Affected products

Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection: before 20230116.5782e29 — fixed in 20230116.5782e29

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection 20230116.5782e29. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028986
https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=commit;h=b3d4a4197954c21ac78b68c58dff8f84fe743ea2

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