CVE-2023-38403

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jul 17, 2023
Updated: Jan 9, 2024
CWE ID 190

Summary

CVE-2023-38403 is a vulnerability that affects iperf3 before version 3.14. It allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption by exploiting a crafted length field. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a base score of 7.5 according to NIST's National Vulnerability Database (NVD). The affected products include objOGB, tPHKIZ, gdwGX4, and many more. The potential danger this vulnerability poses to organizations is the potential for attackers to exploit the heap corruption and gain unauthorized access or execute arbitrary code on affected systems. To remediate this vulnerability, organizations are advised to update iperf3 to version 3.14 or later, which includes security patches that address the issue.

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