CVE-2023-5522 json
Mobile app freezes when receiving a post with hundreds of emojis
published 2023-10-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57835
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Mattermost Mobile fails to limit the maximum number of Markdown elements in a post allowing an attacker to send a post with hundreds of emojis to a channel and freeze the mobile app of users when viewing that particular channel.
Patch / fix
- Mattermost Mattermost 2.8.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected products
- Mattermost Mattermost
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
mattermost.com
/security-updates
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-5522
- NVD CVE-2023-5522
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