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RUSTSEC-2023-0039 (CVE-2023-53161)

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec – Published: 2023-05-16 12:00 – Updated: 2025-10-28 06:02 – Source website
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Summary
Out-of-bounds array access leads to panic
Details

Affected versions of the crate have a bug where attacker-controlled input can result in the use of an out-of-bound array index. Rust detects the use of the out-of-bound index and causes the application to panic. An attacker may be able to use this to cause a denial-of-service. However, it is not possible for an attacker to read from or write to the application's address space.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "denial-of-service"
        ],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "buffered-reader",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/buffered-reader"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            },
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              "fixed": "1.0.2"
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            {
              "introduced": "1.1.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "1.1.5"
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        }
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      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-53161",
    "GHSA-29mf-62xx-28jq"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "Affected versions of the crate have a bug where attacker-controlled\ninput can result in the use of an out-of-bound array index.  Rust\ndetects the use of the out-of-bound index and causes the application\nto panic.  An attacker may be able to use this to cause a\ndenial-of-service.  However, it is not possible for an attacker to\nread from or write to the application\u0027s address space.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2023-0039",
  "modified": "2025-10-28T06:02:18Z",
  "published": "2023-05-16T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/buffered-reader"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0039.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.sequoia-pgp.org/hyperkitty/list/announce@lists.sequoia-pgp.org/thread/SN2E3QRT4DMQ5JNEK6VIN6DJ5SH766DI/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia/-/tags/buffered-reader%2Fv1.2.0"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Out-of-bounds array access leads to panic"
}



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