iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.
CVE-2023-38403
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.0%, top 22% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 50(Track)EG Risk 50/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 79%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 17, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (26)
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.debian.org/1040830
- cve@mitrehttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
- cve@mitrehttps://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/esnet-secadv-2023-0001.txt.asc
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/esnet/iperf/commit/0ef151550d96cc4460f98832df84b4a1e87c65e9
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/esnet/iperf/issues/1542
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00025.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BV6EBWWF4PEQKROEVXGYSTIT2MGBTLU7/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M25Z5FHTO3XWMGP37JHJ7IIIHSGCLKEV/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0016/
- cve@mitrehttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
- cve@mitrehttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213985
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/26
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libiperf0 (3.12-1+deb12u1build0.23.04.1) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libiperf0 (3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_8 | 2023-08-08 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.9-10.el9_2 | 2023-08-08 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.9-10.el9_0 | 2023-08-02 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_4 | 2023-08-02 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.5-4.el8_1 | 2023-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.5-4.el8_2 | 2023-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.5-7.el8_6 | 2023-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | iperf3-0:3.1.7-3.el7_9 | 2023-07-31 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.15(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | — | 3.10.1-r1 | — |
Alpine:v3.16(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | — | 3.11-r1 | — |
Alpine:v3.17(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | — | 3.12-r1 | — |
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | 3.6-2 | 3.6-2+deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | 3.9-1 | 3.9-1+deb11u1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | 3.12-1 | 3.12-1+deb12u1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | — | 3.14-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| iperf3 | — | 3.14-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(11)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-384032023-08-01
iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4326IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4326 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4414IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4414 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4415IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4415 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4416IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4416 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4431IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4431 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4432IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4432 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4570IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4570 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4571IMPORTANT2023-07-11
RHSA-2023:4571 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-6431-1MEDIUM
iperf3 vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-6431-2MEDIUM
iperf3 vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 2× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 169 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-09-20 20:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-03 23:29 UTCOSV refresh
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- 2026-08-18 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 23:11 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.00
- 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-15 14:49 UTCOSV refresh
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