What is CVE-2023-38857?

CVE-2023-38857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Faad2_project Faad2, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-38857?

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

Is CVE-2023-38857 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Faad2_project Faad2

CVE-2023-38857

Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Faad2_project Faad2 — versions 2.10.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38857?: CVE-2023-38857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Faad2_project Faad2, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-38857?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-38857 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.