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🛡️ CVE-2023-38403 — clustered-data-ontap

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-190 NVD
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CVSS Score
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Description

iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-38403 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

CVE-2023-38403 is recorded against 6 packages.

  • clustered-data-ontap
  • debian-linux
  • fedora
  • iperf3 (fixed in 3.14)
  • macos
  • ontap-select-deploy-administration-utility

Timeline and source

Published on 17 July 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

seclists.org
seclists.org
bugs.debian.org
cwe.mitre.org
downloads.es.net
github.com
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com
support.apple.com
support.apple.com
seclists.org
seclists.org
bugs.debian.org
cwe.mitre.org
downloads.es.net
github.com
github.com
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com
support.apple.com
support.apple.com

Other advisories for this package

clustered-data-ontap has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound) in other software:

CVE-2023-38403 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-190
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-07-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
clustered-data-ontap
debian-linux
fedora
iperf3 3.14
macos
ontap-select-deploy-administration-utility

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
Third Party Advisory https://bugs.debian.org/1040830
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/esnet/iperf/issues/1542
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
Third Party Advisory https://bugs.debian.org/1040830
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/esnet/iperf/issues/1542
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985

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