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CVE-2023-24056
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-01-22T04:15:11.617 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:38:34.310

Summary

In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example, a .pc file containing a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes.

Affected products

pkgconf — pkgconf

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References

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