Medium severity · published Jul 28, 2025
CVE-2023-53161
The buffered-reader crate before 1.1.5 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The buffered-reader crate before 1.1.5 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
buffered-reader · sequoia-pgp
before 1.0.2; 1.1.0 before 1.1.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53161
Product
https://crates.io/crates/buffered-reader
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29mf-62xx-28jq
Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia/-/tags/buffered-reader%2Fv1.0.2
Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia/-/tags/buffered-reader%2Fv1.1.5
Patch
https://lists.sequoia-pgp.org/hyperkitty/list/announce@lists.sequoia-pgp.org/thread/SN2E3QRT4DMQ5JNEK6VIN6DJ5SH766DI/
Third Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0039.html