What is CVE-2023-32181?

CVE-2023-32181 is a low-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libeconf, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2023-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-32181?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in openSUSE Libeconf

CVE-2023-32181

A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf allows for DoS via malformed configuration files This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Libeconf

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/178 (Issue Tracking, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-32181?: CVE-2023-32181 is a low-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libeconf, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2023-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-32181?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.