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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 20230116.5782e29

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

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T04:21:03.148Z

Reserved: 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24288

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T05:16:56.560

Modified: 2026-09-14T05:16:56.560

Link: CVE-2023-24288

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