What is CVE-2023-28578?

CVE-2023-28578 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2024-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-28578?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-28578 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem

CVE-2023-28578

Memory corruption in Core Services while executing the command for removing a single event listener.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2024-03-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/march-2024-bulletin (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28578?: CVE-2023-28578 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm 315 5g Iot Modem, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2024-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-28578?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-28578 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.