libcue — security advisory

{
  "id": "f69c9e4349b2d7efd34fdf6536c96fc7d3e870bfaf6c93e5c066c3a2c0c3339e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641",
    "summary": "libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. This issue is patched in version 2.3.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libcue",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.1-4+deb12u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.1-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libcue",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.1-4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libcue",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.1-4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.2.1-4+deb12u1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libcue",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libcue?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.2.1-4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.2.1-4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libcue",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libcue?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.2.1-4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libcue",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libcue?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43641.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:05.473771438Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-43641"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43641"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-43641",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 455847,
  "published_at": "2023-10-09T22:15:12.707+00:00"
}