Usg 20W Vpn Firmware
CVE-2023-22917
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Buffer copy size validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the “sdwan_iface_ipc” binary of Zyxel ATP series firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, USG FLEX series firmware versions 5.00 through 5.32, USG FLEX 50(W) firmware. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
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This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. A buffer overflow vulnerability in the “sdwan_iface_ipc” binary of Zyxel ATP series firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, USG FLEX series firmware versions 5.00 through 5.32, USG FLEX 50(W) firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, USG20(W)-VPN firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, and VPN series firmware versions 5.00 through 5.35, which could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a core dump with a request error message on a vulnerable device by uploading a crafted configuration file. Affected products include: Zyxel Usg Flex 100 Firmware, Zyxel Usg Flex 100W Firmware, Zyxel Usg Flex 200 Firmware, Zyxel Usg Flex 50 Firmware, Zyxel Usg Flex 50W Firmware. Version information: through 5.32.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the “sdwan_iface_ipc” binary of Zyxel ATP series firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, USG FLEX series firmware versions 5.00 through 5.32, USG FLEX 50(W) firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, USG20(W)-VPN firmware versions 5.10 through 5.32, and VPN series firmware versions 5.00 through 5.35, which could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a core dump with a request error message on a vulnerable device by uploading a crafted configuration file.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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