CVE-2023-53156

transpose: Buffer overflow due to integer overflow

4.5 MediumFix available

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.34%Up 0.3 points since Jul 28, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.5

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Record: CVE-2023-53156
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-59767 4.5

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Record: EUVD-2023-59767
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5gmm-6m36-r7jh 4.5

transpose: Buffer overflow due to integer overflow

Given the function transpose::transpose:

fn transpose<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], input_width: usize, input_height: usize)

The safety check input_width * input_height == output.len() can fail due to input_width * input_height overflowing in such a way that it equals output.len(). As a result of failing the safety check, memory past the end of output is written to. This only occurs in release mode since * panics on overflow in debug mode.

Exploiting this issue requires the caller to pass input_width and input_height arguments such that multiplying them overflows, and the overflown result equals the lengths of input and output slices.

Record: GHSA-5gmm-6m36-r7jh
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.5

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Record: CVE-2023-53156
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 4.5

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Record: CVE-2023-53156
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-53156 5.3

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53156
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

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OSVGHSA-5gmm-6m36-r7jh 4.5

transpose: Buffer overflow due to integer overflow

Given the function transpose::transpose:

fn transpose<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], input_width: usize, input_height: usize)

Record: GHSA-5gmm-6m36-r7jh
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53156 4.5

The transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53156
CVSS 3.1: 4.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15433-1 No score

framework-inputmodule-control-0.2.0-3.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the framework-inputmodule-control-0.2.0-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2025:15433-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRUSTSEC-2023-0080 No score

Buffer overflow due to integer overflow in `transpose`

Given the function transpose::transpose:

fn transpose<T: Copy>(input: &[T], output: &mut [T], input_width: usize, input_height: usize)

Record: RUSTSEC-2023-0080
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

ejmahler transpose

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`transpose` crates.io	0.1.0 up to 0.2.3	0.2.3
`rust-transpose` Debian:13	All versions, plus listed versions 0.2.2-10.2.3-1	None known
`rust-transpose` Debian:14	before 0.2.3-1, plus listed versions 0.2.2-1	0.2.3-1
`transpose` crates.io	0.0.0-0 up to 0.2.3	0.2.3
`rust-transpose` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 0.2.2-1	None known
`rust-transpose` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 0.2.3-1	None known
`rust-transpose` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 0.2.2-10.2.3-1	None known
`framework-inputmodule-control` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0.2.0-3.1	0.2.0-3.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-53156 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.5) in Ejmahler Transpose, published December 18, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. Fixed in transpose 0.2.3.

References

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