CVE-2023-42447
blurhash panics on parsing crafted inputs
blurhash-rs is a pure Rust implementation of Blurhash, software for encoding images into ASCII strings that can be turned into a gradient of colors representing the original image. In version 0.1.1, the blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input. In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters. A patch is available in version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn. No known workarounds are available.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.6
blurhash panics on parsing crafted inputs
blurhash-rs is a pure Rust implementation of Blurhash, software for encoding images into ASCII strings that can be turned into a gradient of colors representing the original image. In version 0.1.1, the blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input. In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters. A patch is available in version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2023-42447- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-248, CWE-392, CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2491
8.6
blurhash-rs is a pure Rust implementation of Blurhash, software for encoding images into ASCII strings that can be turned into a gradient of colors representing the original image. In version 0.1.1, the blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input. In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters. A patch is available in version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2491- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxvp-82cq-57h2
8.6
blurhash panics on parsing crafted inputs
Impact
The blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input.
In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include:
- UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters
Patches
The patches will be released under version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn.
Workarounds
n.a.
References
n.a.
- Record
GHSA-cxvp-82cq-57h2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-392, CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.6
blurhash-rs is a pure Rust implementation of Blurhash, software for encoding images into ASCII strings that can be turned into a gradient of colors representing the original image. In version 0.1.1, the blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input. In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters. A patch is available in version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2023-42447- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-248, CWE-392, CWE-1284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.6
blurhash panics on parsing crafted inputs
blurhash-rs is a pure Rust implementation of Blurhash, software for encoding images into ASCII strings that can be turned into a gradient of colors representing the original image. In version 0.1.1, the blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input. In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters. A patch is available in version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn. No known workarounds are available.
- Record
CVE-2023-42447- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284, CWE-248, CWE-392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cxvp-82cq-57h2
8.6
blurhash panics on parsing crafted inputs
Impact
The blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input.
In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include:
- UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters
Patches
The patches will be released under version 0.2.0, which requires user intervention because of slight API churn.
Workarounds
n.a.
References
n.a.
- Record
GHSA-cxvp-82cq-57h2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1284, CWE-392
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2023-0083
8.6
blurhash: panic on parsing crafted blurhash inputs
Impact
The blurhash parsing code may panic due to multiple panic-guarded out-of-bounds accesses on untrusted input.
In a typical deployment, this may get triggered by feeding a maliciously crafted blurhashes over the network. These may include:
- UTF-8 compliant strings containing multi-byte UTF-8 characters
Patches
The patches were released under version 0.2.0, which may require user intervention because of slight API churn.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2023-0083- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-42447 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Whisperfish Blurhash-rs, published September 19, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in blurhash 0.2.0.
References
github.com/whisperfish/blurhash-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-cxvp-82cq-57h2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42447
github.com/whisperfish/blurhash-rs/releases/tag/v0.2.0
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxvp-82cq-57h2
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/42xxx/CVE-2023-42447.json
github.com/whisperfish/blurhash-rs