# CVE-2023-38975: Memory corruption in n/a

> A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in the Qdrant vector database via a buffer overflow in the chunked vectors component.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j4cw-vvxw-4jcv

## What is CVE-2023-38975?

CVE-2023-38975 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

* Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qdrant v.1.3.2 allows a remote attacker cause a denial of service via the chucnked_vectors.rs component.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38975?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qdrant Qdrant.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-38975?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-38975 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-38975 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-3829](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3829/): Arbitrary File Read and Write during Snapshot Recovery in qdrant/qdrant (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-3584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3584/): Path Traversal in qdrant/qdrant (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-2221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2221/): Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in qdrant/qdrant (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-25628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25628/): Qdrant affected by arbitrary file write via `/logger` endpoint (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2024-3078](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3078/): Qdrant Full Snapshot REST API snapshots.rs path traversal (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-38975 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-38975 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-38975 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38975/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38975
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38975
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38975

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38975/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.