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CVE-2024-58392: PhysicsFS through 3.2.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via __PHYSFS_utf8codepoint

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 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: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-20
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

PhysicsFS through 3.2.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in __PHYSFS_utf8codepoint() that allows attackers to read past name buffers via an off-by-one cursor advance on six-octet UTF-8 sequences. Attackers can supply a crafted archive with entry names ending in six-octet sequences, causing PHYSFS_utf8stricmp() and hashing to over-read and crash the application.

Affected products

• icculus PhysicsFS: through 3.2.0

References

• https://github.com/icculus/physfs/blob/release-3.2.0/src/physfs_unicode.c#L165-L187
• https://github.com/icculus/physfs/commit/8a90802778f14dea9c086fb5436839181a3222d5
• https://github.com/icculus/physfs/issues/79
• https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/physfs-utf8-decoder-overread
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/physicsfs-through-3.2.0-out-of-bounds-read-via-physfs-utf8codepoint

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