THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-29468
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2023-29468

Wilink8 Wifi Mcp8 vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
10.1%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Ti
Affected product
Wilink8 Wifi Mcp8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow
Published
2023-08-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-29468

  • Confirm whether Ti Wilink8 Wifi Mcp8 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-29468.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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