CVE-2023-40711 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted packet data due to missing size checks during decompression in the Veilid library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-40711?
CVE-2023-40711 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Veilid before 0.1.9 does not check the size of uncompressed data during decompression upon an envelope receipt, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-memory abort) via crafted packet data, as exploited in the wild in August 2023.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40711?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veilid Veilid.
How do I fix CVE-2023-40711?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40711 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-40711 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40711 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j222-r86r-wpv4.