CVE-2023-42801
7.6 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2023-42801 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting moonlight-stream moonlight-common-c. It was published on December 14, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
Moonlight-common-c contains the core GameStream client code shared between Moonlight clients. Moonlight-common-c is vulnerable to buffer overflow starting in commit f57bd745b4cbed577ea654fad4701bea4d38b44c. A malicious game streaming server could exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability to crash a moonlight client. Achieving RCE is possible but unlikely, due to stack canaries in use by modern compiler toolchains. The published binaries for official clients Qt, Android, iOS/tvOS, and Embedded are built with stack canaries, but some unofficial clients may not use stack canaries. This vulnerability takes place after the pairing process, so it requires the client to be tricked into pairing to a malicious host. It is not possible to perform using a man-in-the-middle due to public key pinning that takes place during the pairing process. The bug was addressed in commit b2497a3918a6d79808d9fd0c04734786e70d5954.
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from moonlight-stream. Update moonlight-common-c to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| moonlight-stream | moonlight-common-c | >= 2016-10-05, < 2023-10-06 | Affected |
| moonlight-stream | moonlight | >= 0, < 9.0.0 | Affected |
| moonlight-stream | moonlight_embedded | >= 0, < 2.6.1 | Affected |
| moonlight-stream | moonlight_xbox | 0 | Affected |
| moonlight-stream | moonlight_tv | >= 0, < 1.6.0 | Affected |
| moonlight-stream | moonlight_switch | >= 0, < 0.13.4 | Affected |
| moonlight-stream | moonlight_qt\/pc | 0 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2023-42801?
CVE-2023-42801 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting moonlight-stream moonlight-common-c. It was published on December 14, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2023-42801?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-42801?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from moonlight-stream. Update moonlight-common-c to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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