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CVE-2023-38712

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.69% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-08-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It affects Exchange. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2023-38712
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.69%
Exchange

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in Libreswan 3.x and 4.x before 4.12. When an IKEv1 ISAKMP SA Informational Exchange packet contains a Delete/Notify payload followed by further Notifies that act on the ISAKMP SA, such as a duplicated Delete/Notify message, a NULL pointer dereference on the deleted state causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart.

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