fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2023-43683

fkie_cve-2023-43683

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-08-14 17:15

Modified

2025-08-15 17:15

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Summary

An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). A Stack buffer out-of-bounds access exists because of an integer underflow when handling newline characters.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-43683

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "value": "An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). A Stack buffer out-of-bounds access exists because of an integer underflow when handling newline characters."
    },
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      "value": "Se detect\u00f3 un problema en Malwarebytes 4.6.14.326 y versiones anteriores a 5.1.5.116 (y Nebula 21/10/2020 y posteriores). Existe un acceso fuera de los l\u00edmites al b\u00fafer de pila debido a un desbordamiento de enteros al procesar caracteres de nueva l\u00ednea."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-43683",
  "lastModified": "2025-08-15T17:15:30.053",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
          "baseScore": 6.5,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
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        "impactScore": 2.5,
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        "type": "Secondary"
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    ]
  },
  "published": "2025-08-14T17:15:33.077",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-43683"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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        {
          "lang": "en",
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        },
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          "value": "CWE-125"
        }
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      "type": "Secondary"
    }
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}

CVE-2023-43683 (GCVE-0-2023-43683)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-14 00:00

Modified

2025-08-15 16:28

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE

n/a

Summary

An issue was discovered in Malwarebytes 4.6.14.326 and before 5.1.5.116 (and Nebula 2020-10-21 and later). A Stack buffer out-of-bounds access exists because of an integer underflow when handling newline characters.

References

URL

Tags

https://www.malwarebytes.com/secure/cves/cve-2023-43683

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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