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iperf3 — security advisory
iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.
- Products
- iperf3
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.10.1-r1, 3.11-r1, 3.12-r1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-38403
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-38403
iperf3
Fixed versions: 3.10.1-r1
iperf3
Fixed versions: 3.11-r1
iperf3
Fixed versions: 3.12-r1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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