CVE-2023-29468 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in the Texas Instruments (TI) WiLink WL18xx MCP driver, specifically affecting WILINK8-WIFI-MCP8 version 8.5_SP3 and earlier. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted management frames, potentially leading to remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high EPSS score and significant community discussion, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog or being actively exploited. Media coverage indicates that affected products, such as those in Ford vehicles, are not considered a safety risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ti:wilink8-wifi-mcp8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ti:wilink8-wifi-mcp8:8.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ti:wilink8-wifi-mcp8:8.5:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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.