CVE-2023-42444 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the 'phonenumber' library, specifically versions prior to 0.3.3+8.13.9 and 0.2.5+8.11.3, which is used in products like whisperfish. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by providing a specially crafted phone number string, such as ".;phone-context=", leading to an out-of-bounds access panic. The CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH) reflects its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.2.5\+8.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whisperfish:phonenumber:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* | ||
>= 0.3.0\+8.12.9, < 0.3.3\+8.13.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:whisperfish:phonenumber:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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