# CVE-2023-43615: Memory corruption in n/a

> A buffer overflow in Mbed TLS allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2023-43615, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-43615, GHSA-656f-g689-89jh, JLSEC-2025-222, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-43615

## What is CVE-2023-43615?

CVE-2023-43615 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Arm Mbed Tls, published on 7 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Mbed TLS 2.x before 2.28.5 and 3.x before 3.5.0 has a Buffer Overflow.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43615?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Arm Mbed Tls, Fedoraproject Fedora, Trustedfirmware Mbed Tls.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-43615?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2023-43615 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Arm Mbed Tls

- [CVE-2026-34877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34877/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-46393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46393/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-44732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44732/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-18187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18187/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0487/): Memory corruption in ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-43615 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-43615 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Arm Mbed Tls, published on 7 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arm Mbed Tls. 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-2023-43615/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43615/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43615
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43615
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43615

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43615/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.