CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-33980

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.89%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

Bramble Synchronisation Protocol (BSP) in Briar before 1.4.22 allows attackers to cause a denial of service through a series of long messages to a contact, resulting in repeated application crashes.

Risk Assessment

Denial of service can disrupt application functionality, affecting service availability for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Briar to version 1.4.22 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Bramble Synchronisation Protocol (BSP) in Briar before 1.4.22 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated application crashes) via a series of long messages to a contact.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS