CVE-2024-43700

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

xfpt versions prior to 1.01 fails to handle appropriately some parameters inside the input data, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. When a user of the affected product is tricked to process a specially crafted file, arbitrary code may be executed on the user's environment.

Affected products

Philip Hazel xfpt: before 1.01 — fixed in 1.01

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Philip Hazel xfpt 1.01. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/PhilipHazel/xfpt
https://github.com/PhilipHazel/xfpt/commit/a690304bbd3fd19e9dfdad50dcc87ad829f744e4
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU96498690/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00034.html

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