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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-42757 Detail

Description

Process Explorer before 17.04 allows attackers to make it functionally unavailable (a denial of service for analysis) by renaming an executable file to a new extensionless 255-character name and launching it with NtCreateUserProcess. This can occur through an issue in wcscat_s error handling.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/MagicDot CVE, MITRE
https://www.blackhat.com/asia-24/briefings/schedule/#magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces-36561 CVE, MITRE
https://www.safebreach.com/blog/magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') CISA-ADP  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-42757
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2024
NVD Last Modified:
04/14/2026
Source:
MITRE