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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.59%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.59% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-232, CWE-240
Affected
nlnetlabs/bcder
Source
sep@nlnetlabs.nl

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.