Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28574

Critical

Published: 07 November 2023

Published
07 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0006 18.8th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28574 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 18.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Memory corruption in core services when Diag handler receives a command to configure event listeners.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qualcomm
ar8035 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn6750 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn685x-5 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn685x-1 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn785x-1 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
wcn785x-5 firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8255p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8650p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qam8775p firmware
all versions
qualcomm
qamsrv1h firmware
all versions
+68 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References