CVE-2023-40711 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Veilid versions prior to 0.1.9. It allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-memory condition by sending crafted packet data that exploits a lack of size checks during decompression of received envelopes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While exploited in the wild in August 2023, there is no public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veilid:veilid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.