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CVE-2023-42447

blurhash panics on parsing crafted inputs

8.6 HighFix available

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

0.62%Up 0.6 points since Sep 20, 2023
90%50%10%1%

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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
blurhash
crates.io
0.1.1 to 0.1.1
0.2.0
blurhash
crates.io
0.1.1 up to 0.2.0
0.2.0
blurhash
crates.io
0.0.0-0 up to 0.2.0
0.2.0

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

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