{"id":"USN-4788-1","summary":"iperf3 vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that iperf mishandled certain UTF-8 and UTF-16 strings.\nA remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service\nor possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:05Z","published":"2021-03-15T21:06:51Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4303"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-4303","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4303"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4788-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4303"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"iperf3","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/iperf3@3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["3.0.11-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"iperf3","binary_version":"3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libiperf-dev","binary_version":"3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libiperf0","binary_version":"3.0.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-4303","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4788-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}