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CVE-2023-41910

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 0.95%

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CVE-2023-41910 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in lldpd before 1.0.17. By crafting a CDP PDU packet with specific CDP_TLV_ADDRESSES TLVs, a malicious actor can remotely force the lldpd daemon to perform an out-of-bounds read on heap memory. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

An issue was discovered in lldpd before 1.0.17. By crafting a CDP PDU packet with specific CDP_TLV_ADDRESSES TLVs, a malicious actor can remotely force the lldpd daemon to perform an out-of-bounds read on heap memory. This occurs in cdp_decode in daemon/protocols/cdp.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.95%

56.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
Lldpd ProjectLldpd< 1.0.17

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-41910?
An issue was discovered in lldpd before 1.0.17. By crafting a CDP PDU packet with specific CDP_TLV_ADDRESSES TLVs, a malicious actor can remotely force the lldpd daemon to perform an out-of-bounds read on heap memory. This occurs in cdp_decode in daemon/protocols/cdp.c.
How severe is CVE-2023-41910?
CVE-2023-41910 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2023-41910?
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Source: NVD / NIST