CVE-2023-38857

Exp

Buffer Overflow vulnerability infaad2 v.2.10.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via the stcoin function in mp4read.c.

Published: 2023-08-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-38857 is rated High Exploit Risk (60/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-38857

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-38857

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-11 0.39% 0.48% +0.09%
2 2025-11-29 0.50% 0.39% -0.12%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.50% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-38857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-38857

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-38857

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2023-38857: 1 source package rows (faad2); 8 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38857
debian unimportant CVE-2023-38857 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (faad2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38857
gentoo low CVE-2023-38857: 1 GLSA(s) (202401-13), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/faad2); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-38857
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-38857 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (faad2), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38857

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-38857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
faad2_project faad2 2.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:faad2_project:faad2:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-38857

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