CVE-2023-33981

Published: May 24, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Briar before 1.4.22 allows attackers to spoof other users' messages in a blog, forum, or private group, but each spoofed message would need to be an exact duplicate of a legitimate message displayed alongside the spoofed one.

Affected (1)

Products: Briarproject: Briar

Briarproject

1 product

Briar

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Briarproject Briar	Before 1.4.22

Related CWEs

CWE-354

Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission.

References (4)

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-three-security-issues-found-and-fixed/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/infk/inst-infsec/appliedcrypto/education/theses/report_YuanmingSong.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

https://briarproject.org/news/2023-three-security-issues-found-and-fixed/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/infk/inst-infsec/appliedcrypto/education/theses/report_YuanmingSong.pdf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

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