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CVE-2023-38403

24
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (17)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 3.14-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 3.14-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18340-16823Fixed in: 3.14-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 iperf3 3.14-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.14-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-4.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-4.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-4.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-4.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: iperf3-0:3.9-10.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: iperf3-0:3.9-10.el9_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: iperf3-0:3.1.7-3.el7_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-38403

CVE-2023-38403

Aug 8, 2023
microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2023-38403Important

iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.

Jul 11, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-38403Important

iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash

Jul 11, 2023

References

bugs.debian.org / 1040830
Third Party Advisory
cwe.mitre.org / data/definitions/130.html
Third Party Advisory
downloads.es.net / pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / esnet/iperf/commit/0ef151550d96cc4460f98832df84b4a1e87c65e9
Patch
github.com / esnet/iperf/issues/1542
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BV6EBWWF4PEQKROEVXGYSTIT2MGBTLU7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M25Z5FHTO3XWMGP37JHJ7IIIHSGCLKEV
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230818-0016
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213984
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT213985
Release NotesThird Party Advisory