---
id: CVE-2023-24283
title: >-
  Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a
  buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via
  a crafted save file.
summary: >-
  Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a
  buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via
  a crafted save file.
severity: low
cvss: 2.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-120
vendor: Simon Tatham
product: Portable Puzzle Collection
affected:
  - portable_puzzle_collection < 20230116.5782e29
published: '2026-09-14'
updated: '2026-09-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-22T20:00:03.713'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24283'
references:
  - url: 'https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028986'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://git.tartarus.org/?p=simon/puzzles.git;a=commit;h=c84af670b52f09e9e47587584c0559c508d4a37d
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00113
epssPercentile: 0.01298
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-14T15:12:17.235076Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.425Z'
---

## Overview

Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted save file.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.