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CVE-2023-43616

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-43616 describes a vulnerability in Croc versions up to 9.6.5, where a malicious sender can overwrite arbitrary files on a receiver's system during ZIP extraction. This is a medium severity issue (CVSS 5.5) with a local attack vector and requires user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability could still pose a risk if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:schollz:croc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/schollz/crocFixed in: 9.6.16

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-8c8w-f7wp-2jr2medium

Sender can cause a receiver to overwrite files during ZIP extraction in Croc

Sep 20, 2023

References

github.com / schollz/croc/issues/594
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/09/08/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/09/21/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory