CVE-2023-48221 (GCVE-0-2023-48221)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 17:18 – Updated: 2024-08-02 21:23
VLAI
Title
wire-avs remote format string vulnerability
Summary
wire-avs provides Audio, Visual, and Signaling (AVS) functionality sure the secure messaging software Wire. Prior to versions 9.2.22 and 9.3.5, a remote format string vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The issue has been fixed in wire-avs 9.2.22 & 9.3.5 and is already included on all Wire products. No known workarounds are available.
CWE
  • CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7994 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wireapp wire-avs Affected: < 9.2.22
Affected: >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.5
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