CVE-2024-31636 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue in LIEF v.0.14.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the name parameter of the machd_reader.c component.

Published: 2024-05-03

Score: 3.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lief-project:lief:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-377p-g8gr-5wpg	LIEF obtain sensitive information via the name parameter

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00268.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://lief.com
https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF
https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/1038

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:lief-project:lief:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Lief-project Lief-project lief
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:lief-project:lief:0.14.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Lief-project Lief-project lief

Subscriptions

Lief-project Lief

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:30:48.992Z

Reserved: 2024-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-31636

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T00:30:48.992Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-03T17:15:07.687

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:28:39.280

Link: CVE-2024-31636

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-457

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