CVE-2023-38632 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting async-sockets-cpp through version 0.3.1, specifically within the tcpsocket.hpp component when processing malformed TCP packets. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:asynchronous_sockets_for_c\+\+_project:asynchronous_sockets_for_c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.