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CVE-2023-29856

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-29856 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-868L routers (hardware version A1, firmware version 1.12) within the scandir.sgi binary. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits or Metasploit modules available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-868l_firmware:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 41st 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

supportannouncement.us.dlink.com / announcement/publication.aspx
Vendor Advisory
dlink.com / en/security-bulletin
Vendor Advisory