CVE-2024-58392

LOW 3.3

PhysicsFS through 3.2.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via __PHYSFS_utf8codepoint

CVSS Score

3.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

PhysicsFS through 3.2.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in __PHYSFS_utf8codepoint() that allows attackers to read past name buffers via an off-by-one cursor advance on six-octet UTF-8 sequences. Attackers can supply a crafted archive with entry names ending in six-octet sequences, causing PHYSFS_utf8stricmp() and hashing to over-read and crash the application.

CWE	CWE-125
Vendor	icculus
Product	physicsfs
Published	Oct 14, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

icculus / PhysicsFS

0 ≤ 3.2.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/icculus/physfs/issues/79 hackmd.io: https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/physfs-utf8-decoder-overread github.com: https://github.com/icculus/physfs/blob/release-3.2.0/src/physfs_unicode.c#L165-L187 github.com: https://github.com/icculus/physfs/commit/8a90802778f14dea9c086fb5436839181a3222d5 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/physicsfs-through-3.2.0-out-of-bounds-read-via-physfs-utf8codepoint

Credits

guillaume-uH57J9 HaiND from the Post and Telecommunication Institute of Technology