What is CVE-2023-45616?

CVE-2023-45616 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-45616?

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

Buffer overflow in Arubanetworks Arubaos

CVE-2023-45616

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying AirWave client service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol)…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.7th 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

Arubanetworks Arubaos — versions 10.5.0.0
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Aruba Access Points: 100 Series; 103 110 120 130 200 207 210 220 260 300 303 310 318 Series Hardened Points; 320 330 340 370 500 510 530 550 630 650 — versions ArubaOS 10.5.x.x: 10.5.0.0 and below, ArubaOS 10.4.x.x: 10.4.0.2 and below, InstantOS 8.11.x.x: 8.11.1.2 and below
Hp Instantos

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security-alert@hpe.com (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45616?: CVE-2023-45616 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-45616?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.