What is CVE-2023-38850?

CVE-2023-38850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Msweet Codedoc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-38850?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Msweet Codedoc

CVE-2023-38850

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Michaelrsweet codedoc v.3.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the codedoc.c:1742 comppnent.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-08-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Msweet Codedoc — versions 3.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

github.com/michaelrsweet/codedoc/issues/15 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38850?: CVE-2023-38850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Msweet Codedoc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-38850?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.