CVE-2023-53161
Published: 28 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2023-53161 is a low-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Sequoia-Pgp Buffered-Reader. Its CVSS base score is 2.9 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 49.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59772
Vulnerability details
The buffered-reader crate before 1.1.5 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
The vulnerability allows out-of-bounds array access from attacker-controlled input, causing application panic and denial-of-service via application exploitation.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.