CVE-2023-2686 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) within the Wi-Fi Commissioning MicriumOS example of Silicon Labs Gecko SDK v4.2.3 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker on the same network to write arbitrary data onto the stack, potentially leading to remote code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction or privileges. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape despite its high severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:silabs:gecko_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.