What is CVE-2023-29468?

CVE-2023-29468 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ti Wilink8-Wifi-Mcp8, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-29468?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ti Wilink8-Wifi-Mcp8

CVE-2023-29468

The Texas Instruments (TI) WiLink WL18xx MCP driver does not limit the number of information elements (IEs) of type XCC_EXT_1_IE_ID or XCC_EXT_2_IE_ID that can be parsed in a management frame. Using a specially crafted frame, a buffer overflow can be triggered that can potentially lead to remote code execution. This affects WILINK8-WIFI-MCP8 version 8.5_SP3 and earlier.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.101 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ti Wilink8-wifi-mcp8 — versions 8.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29468?: CVE-2023-29468 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ti Wilink8-Wifi-Mcp8, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-29468?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.