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CVE-2023-38858

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38858 is a medium-severity buffer overflow vulnerability affecting faad2 v.2.10.1, specifically within the mp4info function. A remote attacker can exploit this by enticing a user to process a specially crafted MP4 file, leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. While the CVSS score is 6.5, indicating a moderate risk, there is currently no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are also minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:faad2_project:faad2:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / knik0/faad2/issues/173
ExploitIssue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-13