ALPINE-CVE-2023-38403 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2023-38403 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.17	iperf3	3.11-r0, 3.10.1-r0, 3.1.7-r0
Alpine:v3.16	iperf3	2.0.4-r0, 2.0.3-r0, 2.0.4-r0
Alpine:v3.15	iperf3	3.9-r1, 3.9-r0, 3.8.1-r0

Timeline

Jul 17, 2023 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-38403 advisory

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