CVE-2023-47118 HIGH

CVE-2023-47118: Heap buffer overflow in T64 codec decompression

Vendor Clickhouse
Product ClickHouse
Weakness CWE-122
Published December 20, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

ClickHouse® is an open-source column-oriented database management system that allows generating analytical data reports in real-time. A heap buffer overflow issue was discovered in ClickHouse server. An attacker could send a specially crafted payload to the native interface exposed by default on port 9000/tcp, triggering a bug in the decompression logic of T64 codec that crashes the ClickHouse server process. This attack does not require authentication. Note that this exploit can also be triggered via HTTP protocol, however, the attacker will need a valid credential as the HTTP authentication take places first. This issue has been fixed in version 23.10.2.13-stable, 23.9.4.11-stable, 23.8.6.16-lts and 23.3.16.7-lts.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 20, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated