CVE-2023-49351 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in /bin/webs binary in Edimax BR6478AC V2 firmware veraion v1.23 allows attackers to overwrite other values located on the stack due to an incorrect use of the strcpy() function.

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:edimax:br-6478ac_firmware:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:edimax:br-6478ac:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53334	A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in /bin/webs binary in Edimax BR6478AC V2 firmware veraion v1.23 allows attackers to overwrite other values located on the stack due to an incorrect use of the strcpy() function.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00369.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/countfatcode/temp/blob/main/formUSBAccount/formUSBAccount.md

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Edimax Br-6478ac Br-6478ac Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:12:35.720Z

Reserved: 2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-49351

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:44.990Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T19:15:08.120

Modified: 2025-06-02T16:15:24.973

Link: CVE-2023-49351

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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