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CVE-2023-47480

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-252

Description

An issue in Pure Data 0.54-0 and fixed in 0.54-1 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the set*id () function.

Affected products

• Puredata: from 0.54-0 before 0.54-1 — fixed in 0.54-1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Puredata 0.54-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/commit/0b5e467b8728b3ed56e1a8ee5b367ce78e7e6e5d
• https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/2063
• https://puredata.info/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00038.html

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