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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-50570

An issue in the component IPAddressBitsDivision of IPAddress v5.1.0 leads to an infinite loop. This is disputed because an infinite loop occurs only for cases in which the developer supplies invalid arguments. The product is not intended to always halt for contrived inputs.

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4 Nov 2026, 13:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-50570

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Dec 2023, 00:00 UTC

An issue in the component IPAddressBitsDivision of IPAddress v5.1.0 leads to an infinite loop. This is disputed because an infinite loop occurs only for cases in which the developer supplies invalid arguments. The product is not intended to always halt for contrived inputs.

osv:CVE-2023-50570
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50570",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-50570",
    "summary": "An issue in the component IPAddressBitsDivision of IPAddress v5.1.0 leads to an infinite loop. This is disputed because an infinite loop occurs only for cases in which the developer supplies invalid arguments. The product is not intended to always halt for contrived inputs.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-50570",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-50570"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/seancfoley/ipaddress",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "a3c4df9dc40b77f7cf7a225636cbdb575cb82a73"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a3c4df9dc40b77f7cf7a225636cbdb575cb82a73"
                }
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              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:seancfoley:ipaddress:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.1.0",
            "v5.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-50570.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:36.307246509Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50570.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50570",
        "https://github.com/seancfoley/IPAddress/issues/118"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-50570",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 503178,
  "published_at": "2023-12-29T00:00:00+00:00"
}