What is CVE-2023-43771?

CVE-2023-43771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikebrady Not Quite Ptp, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-43771?

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

Resource exhaustion in Mikebrady Not Quite Ptp

CVE-2023-43771

In nqptp-message-handlers.c in nqptp before 1.2.3, crafted packets received on the control port could crash the program.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Mikebrady Not_quite_ptp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43771?: CVE-2023-43771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikebrady Not Quite Ptp, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-43771?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.