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CVE-2023-53160

Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.3)—

The sequoia-openpgp crate before 1.16.0 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Sequoia-pgp — Sequoia-openpgp

CWEs

References

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