CVE-2023-2789GNU cflow parser.c parse_variable_declaration denial of service
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU cflow 1.7. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function func_body/parse_variable_declaration of the file parser.c. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-229373 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Public exploit
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Timeline
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- 15 months later
· 15 months later
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Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low2.7 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
References
References4
- https://vuldb.com/?id.229373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.229373 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/DaisyPo/fuzzing-vulncollect/blob/main/cflow/stack-overflow/parser.c/README.md (opens in a new tab)relatedx_transferred
- https://github.com/DaisyPo/fuzzing-vulncollect/files/11343936/poc-file.zip (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-34245 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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