What is CVE-2023-50433?

CVE-2023-50433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-50433?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2023-50433

marshall in dhcp_packet.c in simple-dhcp-server through ec976d2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malicious DHCP packet. The crash is caused by a type confusion bug that results in a large memory allocation; when this memory allocation fails the DHCP server will crash.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50433?: CVE-2023-50433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-50433?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.