TransposeApplication · Ejmahler
CVE-2023-53156
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe transpose crate before 0.2.3 for Rust allows an integer overflow via input_width and input_height arguments.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe transpose Rust crate before version 0.2.3 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in its processing of input_width and input_height arguments. When excessively large values are provided for these parameters, the arithmetic operations overflow, potentially causing unexpected behavior or memory corruption.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
TransposeApplication
>= 0.1.0, < 0.2.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify transpose crate dependencyReview your project Cargo.toml file and check for 'transpose' under [dependencies] sectionAffected if The transpose crate is listed as a direct or transitive dependency
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Determine installed versionCheck Cargo.lock for the transpose crate entry under [[package]] and locate the 'version' fieldAffected if Version is 0.1.0 or higher but below 0.2.3
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Locate vulnerable code pathSearch your codebase for calls to functions from the transpose crate that accept input_width and input_height parametersAffected if Code uses functions passing these parameters to the transpose crate
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Assess input sourceExamine how input_width and input_height values are obtained - check if they come from user input, files, network, or other external sourcesAffected if Values are derived from untrusted external sources without validation
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Verify overflow conditionsAnalyze the range of values assigned to input_width and input_height during executionAffected if Values can exceed the safe integer range for the arithmetic operations in the crate
Your environment is affected if the transpose crate version is between 0.1.0 and 0.2.3 and your code passes potentially large values to functions using input_width or input_height parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped0.2.3
Update the transpose crate to version 0.2.3 or later. If updating is not immediately feasible, implement input validation to ensure input_width and input_height values remain within safe bounds that prevent integer overflow.
0.2.3
- Update the transpose crate dependency in Cargo.toml to version 0.2.3 or later (e.g., transpose = "0.2.3")
- Run `cargo update transpose` to fetch the fixed version
- Run `cargo build` to verify the upgrade compiles successfully
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Transpose
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-53156 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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