What is CVE-2023-39914?

CVE-2023-39914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nlnet Labs Bcder, classified under CWE-232. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-39914?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nlnet Labs Bcder

CVE-2023-39914

NLnet Labs' bcder library up to and including version 0.7.2 panics while decoding certain invalid input data rather than rejecting the data with an error. This can affect both the actual decoding stage as well as accessing content of types that utilized delayed decoding.

Published 2023-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nlnet Labs Bcder — versions 0.7.3
Nlnetlabs Bcder

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/bcder/CVE-2023-39914.txt (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39914?: CVE-2023-39914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nlnet Labs Bcder, classified under CWE-232. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-39914?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.