sequoia-pgp buffered-reader Crate up to 1.0.1/1.1.4 on Rust out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in sequoia-pgp buffered-reader Crate up to 1.0.1/1.1.4 on Rust. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-53161. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in sequoia-pgp buffered-reader Crate up to 1.0.1/1.1.4 on Rust. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The buffered-reader crate before 1.1.5 for Rust allows out-of-bounds array access and a panic.

The advisory is shared at lists.sequoia-pgp.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-53161 since 07/28/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0.2 or 1.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Rust Package

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• sequoia-pgp

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• buffered-reader Crate

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• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4

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