Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-38850
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Michaelrsweet codedoc v.3.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the codedoc.c:1742 comppnent.