CVE-2023-38403 is a high-severity integer overflow and heap corruption vulnerability affecting iperf3 versions prior to 3.14, impacting various operating systems and vendors including Apple, Debian, and Linux. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger this flaw with low attack complexity by sending a crafted length field, leading to a denial of service (availability impact). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:es:iperf3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVE-2023-38403
Aug 8, 2023iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.
Jul 11, 2023iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash
Jul 11, 2023