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ofono — security advisory
A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the decode_deliver_report() function during the SMS decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. There is a bound check for this memcpy length in decode_submit(), but it was forgotten in decode_deliver_report().
- Products
- ofono
- Affected versions
- 1.17.bzr6904+15.10.20150928.1-0ubuntu1, 1.17.bzr6906+16.04.20151119-0ubuntu1, 1.17.bzr6908+16.04.20151203-0ubuntu1, 1.17.bzr6910+16.04.20160115.3-0ubuntu1, 1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1, 1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm1, 1.17.bzr6921+16.10.20160819.6-0ubuntu1, 1.21-1ubuntu1, 1.21-1ubuntu1+esm1, 1.31-2ubuntu1, 1.31-2ubuntu1+esm1, 1.31-3ubuntu1, 1.31-3ubuntu1.1, 1.31-3ubuntu2, 1.31-3ubuntu3, 1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.1, 2.16-1ubuntu1, 2.16-5ubuntu1, 2.18-1ubuntu1, 2.18-2ubuntu1, 2.18-2ubuntu2, 2.19-1ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- 1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm2, 1.21-1ubuntu1+esm2, 1.31-2ubuntu1+esm2, 1.31-3ubuntu1.2, 1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-4235
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the decode_deliver_report() function during the SMS decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. There is a bound check for this memcpy length in decode_submit(), but it was forgotten in decode_deliver_report().
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4235
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm2
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.21-1ubuntu1+esm2
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.31-2ubuntu1+esm2
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.31-3ubuntu1.2
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.2
ofono
Fixed versions: Not specified
ofono
Fixed versions: Not specified
ofono
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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