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CVE-2023-23300

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23300 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Garmin Connect IQ (CIQ) API versions 3.0.0 through 4.1.7. Malicious applications can exploit the Toybox.Cryptography.Cipher.initialize API method by providing specially crafted parameters, leading to potential firmware hijacking. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability allows for unauthenticated, low-complexity network attacks resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, <= 4.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:garmin:connect-iq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

developer.garmin.com / connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/Cryptography/Cipher.html
Product
github.com / anvilsecure/garmin-ciq-app-research/blob/main/advisories/CVE-2023-23300.md
Exploit