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CVE-2023-21406

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-21406 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting AXIS A1001 door controllers when communicating via OSDP. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted OSDP messages with invalid data, causing the pacsiod process to write beyond its allocated buffer. This can lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing an attacker to gain full control over the device. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.65.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:axis:a1001_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

axis.com / dam/public/1b/21/5f/cve-2023-21406-en-US-407245.pdf
Vendor Advisory