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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
- 3.12-1
- Fixed versions
- 3.12-1+deb12u1, 3.14-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-38403
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:56 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:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38403
iperf3
Fixed versions: 3.12-1+deb12u1
iperf3
Fixed versions: 3.14-1
iperf3
Fixed versions: 3.14-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:30.431161107Z",
"provider": "osv",
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 456127,
"published_at": "2023-07-17T21:15:09.8+00:00"
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