High severity · published Jul 17, 2023
CVE-2023-38403
iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 13.6.1; 14.0 · source: NVD
CD
Clustered Data Ontap · Netapp
9.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
IP
Iperf3 · ES
before 3.14 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38403
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38403
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/1040830
Third Party Advisory
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
Vendor Advisory
https://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc
Patch
https://github.com/esnet/iperf/commit/0ef151550d96cc4460f98832df84b4a1e87c65e9
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