CVE-2023-42799 is a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Moonlight-common-c, the core GameStream client code, affecting various Moonlight client applications. This flaw, stemming from unsafe C functions and improper bounds checking, allows a malicious game streaming server to crash a client or potentially achieve remote code execution. While the attack vector is network-based with low complexity, user interaction is required. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2022-11-04, < 2023-10-06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moonlight-stream:moonlight-common-c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.4.0, <= 8.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moonlight-stream:moonlight:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
>= 8.4.0, <= 8.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moonlight-stream:moonlight:*:*:*:*:*:tvos:*:* | ||
>= 10.10, <= 11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moonlight-stream:moonlight:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* | ||
0.10.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moonlight-stream:moonlight:0.10.22:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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