CVE-2023-23931 (GCVE-0-2023-23931)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-07 20:54 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:47
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Title
Cipher.update_into can corrupt memory in pyca cryptography
Summary
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. In affected versions `Cipher.update_into` would accept Python objects which implement the buffer protocol, but provide only immutable buffers. This would allow immutable objects (such as `bytes`) to be mutated, thus violating fundamental rules of Python and resulting in corrupted output. This now correctly raises an exception. This issue has been present since `update_into` was originally introduced in cryptography 1.8.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pyca cryptography Affected: >=1.8, < 39.0.1
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