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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() 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().
- Products
- ofono
- Affected versions
- 1.31-3, 1.31-4, 2.10-1, 2.11-1, 2.12-1, 2.14-1, 2.16-1, 2.16-2, 2.16-3, 2.16-4, 2.16-5, 2.18-1, 2.18-2, 2.19-1
- Fixed versions
- 1.31-4
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-2794
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:39 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() 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().
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2794
ofono
Fixed versions: Not specified
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.31-4
ofono
Fixed versions: 1.31-4
Complete source record
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