CVE-2023-42444

Summary

CVE-2023-42444 is a vulnerability affecting the phonenumber library, versions prior to `0.3.3+8.13.9` and `0.2.5+8.11.3`. This issue involves a panic-guarded out-of-bounds access on the phonenumber string during parsing. Maliciously crafted phone numbers, specifically `.;phone-context=`, can trigger this vulnerability. No patches were available in older versions, but versions `0.3.3+8.13.9` and `0.2.5+8.11.3` have been released to address this issue. No known workarounds exist.

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