What is CVE-2023-24291?

CVE-2023-24291 is a low-severity vulnerability in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-24291?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection

CVE-2023-24291

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the record length parameter.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (2.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24291?: CVE-2023-24291 is a low-severity vulnerability in Simon Tatham Portable Puzzle Collection, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-24291?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.