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CVE-2023-45897

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

exfatprogs before 1.2.2 allows out-of-bounds memory access, such as in read_file_dentry_set.

Affected products

• Namjaejeon Exfatprogs: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Namjaejeon Exfatprogs 1.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://dfir.ru/2023/11/01/cve-2023-45897-a-vulnerability-in-the-linux-exfat-userspace-tools/
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/22d0e43e8d24119cbfc6efafabb0dec6517a86c4
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/4abc55e976573991e6a1117bb2b3711e59da07ae
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/ec78688e5fb5a70e13df82b4c0da1e6228d3ccdf
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/releases/tag/1.2.2
• https://dfir.ru/2023/11/01/cve-2023-45897-a-vulnerability-in-the-linux-exfat-userspace-tools/
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/22d0e43e8d24119cbfc6efafabb0dec6517a86c4
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/4abc55e976573991e6a1117bb2b3711e59da07ae
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/commit/ec78688e5fb5a70e13df82b4c0da1e6228d3ccdf
• https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs/releases/tag/1.2.2
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00003.html

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