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Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-50570
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 13:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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