| Name | CVE-2024-3209 |
| Description | A vulnerability was found in UPX up to 4.2.2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function get_ne64 of the file bele.h. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259055. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| upx-ucl (PTS) | jessie | 3.91-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3.91-4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.95-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.96-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.2.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| upx-ucl | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| upx-ucl | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| upx-ucl | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| upx-ucl | source | (unstable) | 4.2.4-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/841