CVE-2023-6245 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting the DFINITY Candid library, specifically impacting Rust-based canisters. An attacker can trigger an infinite decoding loop by sending a specially crafted payload containing an 'empty' data type, leading to the canister trapping due to exceeding instruction limits. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.9.0, < 0.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dfinity:candid:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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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