---
id: CVE-2023-24288
title: >-
  An issue in Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 allows
  attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via creating an excessive amount
  of save states.
summary: >-
  An issue in Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 allows
  attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via creating an excessive amount
  of save states.
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-190
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-2023-24288'
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=b3d4a4197954c21ac78b68c58dff8f84fe743ea2
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0011
epssPercentile: 0.01141
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-14T15:10:57.702844Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.425Z'
---

## Overview

An issue in Portable Puzzle Collection before 20230116.5782e29 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via creating an excessive amount of save states.

## Remediation

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