CVE-2023-40703
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-27 09:08
Modified
2025-06-03 14:01
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Denial of Service via specially crafted block fields in Mattermost Boards
References
responsibledisclosure@mattermost.comhttps://mattermost.com/security-updatesVendor Advisory
Impacted products
MattermostMattermost
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