CVE-2023-38632

Summary

CVE-2023-38632 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the async-sockets-cpp library up to version 0.3.1. This issue involves a stack-based buffer overflow in the tcpsocket.hpp file, which is triggered when the library processes malformed TCP packets. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can execute arbitrary code on the affected system. The buffer overflow occurs due to insufficient bounds checking, leading to potential memory corruption. Users are urged to update to a patched version of the library to mitigate this risk.

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