Security advisory

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  "id": "e908fcf0934aaba4f9b6fe8a5524b135a8c57b197c99ec50f7b5285765752ce3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53161",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-53161",
    "summary": "The buffered-reader crate before 1.1.5 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-53161",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-53161",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-53161",
        "GHSA-29mf-62xx-28jq",
        "RUSTSEC-2023-0039"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b6fbba154655baaddd751817dd6bbb9f4e4c3e81"
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                {
                  "introduced": "1a2ac93e094721b6fb21c337a5f6bb350cfbef93"
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                {
                  "fixed": "358429f0d79182435895c7cc48ea5e9dd84e637c"
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "fixed": "1.0.2"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sequoia-pgp:buffered-reader:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*",
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                        "fixed": "1.1.5"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "buffered-reader/v1.0.1",
            "buffered-reader/v1.1.4",
            "openpgp/v1.8.0",
            "openpgp/v1.1.0",
            "openpgp/v1.12.0",
            "openpgp/v1.11.0",
            "sq/v0.27.0",
            "net/v0.25.0",
            "openpgp/v1.10.0",
            "buffered-reader/v1.1.3",
            "openpgp/v1.9.0",
            "ipc/v0.28.0",
            "sq/v0.26.0",
            "openpgp/v1.7.0",
            "buffered-reader/v1.1.2",
            "autocrypt/v0.24.0",
            "ipc/v0.27.0",
            "net/v0.24.0",
            "openpgp/v1.6.0",
            "buffered-reader/v1.1.1",
            "openpgp/v1.5.0",
            "buffered-reader/v1.1.0",
            "openpgp/v1.4.0",
            "ipc/v0.26.0",
            "openpgp/v1.3.0",
            "ipc/v0.25.0",
            "autocrypt/v0.23.1",
            "sq/v0.25.0",
            "sq/v0.24.0",
            "sq/v0.23.0",
            "net/v0.23.0",
            "autocrypt/v0.23.0",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.21.0",
            "v0.20.0",
            "v0.19.0",
            "v0.18.0",
            "v0.17.0",
            "v0.16.0",
            "v0.15.0",
            "v0.14.0",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53161.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.208143002Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://crates.io/crates/buffered-reader",
        "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia/-/tags/buffered-reader%2Fv1.0.2",
        "https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia/-/tags/buffered-reader%2Fv1.1.5",
        "https://lists.sequoia-pgp.org/hyperkitty/list/announce@lists.sequoia-pgp.org/thread/SN2E3QRT4DMQ5JNEK6VIN6DJ5SH766DI/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53161.json",
        "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29mf-62xx-28jq",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53161",
        "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0039.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-125"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53161.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-53161",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505589,
  "published_at": "2025-07-28T00:00:00+00:00"
}